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Also known as HOOOH, μ-trioxidanediidodihydrogen, hydrogen trioxide, dihydrogen trioxide

Trioxidane (systematically named dihydrogen trioxide,), also called hydrogen trioxide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula or (can be also written as or ). It is one of the unstable hydrogen polyoxides. In aqueous solutions, trioxidane decomposes to form water and singlet oxygen:

Chemical data

Formula
H2O3
Molecular weight
50.014 g/mol
SMILES
OOO
InChIKey
JSPLKZUTYZBBKA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-0.9
Polar surface area
49.7 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Mass
50.000394
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chemical formula
H₂O₃
canonical SMILES
OOO
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Trioxidane
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Trioxidane (systematically named dihydrogen trioxide,), also called hydrogen trioxide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula or (can be also written as or ). It is one of the unstable hydrogen polyoxides. In aqueous solutions, trioxidane decomposes to form water and singlet oxygen:

thumb|center|500px|Reaction of trioxidane (blue) with water (red) results in decomposition to oxygen and an additional water molecule.

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