Tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone biscarbonate is a

chemical compound A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. A molecule consisting of atoms of only one element ...

, an oxide of carbon with formula . Its molecule consists of a 1,4-benzoquinone core with the four

hydrogen Hydrogen is the chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula . It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic ...

atoms replaced by two

carbonate A carbonate is a salt of carbonic acid (H2CO3), characterized by the presence of the carbonate ion, a polyatomic ion with the formula . The word ''carbonate'' may also refer to a carbonate ester, an organic compound containing the carbonate ...

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. It can be seen as a fourfold

ester In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an oxoacid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one hydroxyl group () is replaced by an alkoxy group (), as in the substitution reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. Glycerides a ...

of tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone and carbonic acid. The compound was obtained by C. Nallaiah in 1984, as a tetrahydrofuran

solvate Solvation (or dissolution) describes the interaction of a solvent with dissolved molecules. Both ionized and uncharged molecules interact strongly with a solvent, and the strength and nature of this interaction influence many properties of the ...

. C. Nallaiah (1984), ''Synthesis of tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone biscarbonate and hexahydroxybenzene triscarbonate - new organic carbon oxides''Tetrahedron, Volume 40, Issue 23, 1984, Pages 4897-4900

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{{Oxides of carbon Oxocarbons 1,4-Benzoquinones Carbonate esters Oxygen heterocycles Heterocyclic compounds with 3 rings

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