Cycloheptatriene

<p>Cycloheptatriene (CHT) is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> C7H8. It is a closed ring of seven carbon atoms joined by three double bonds (as the name implies) and four single bonds. This colourless liquid has been of recurring theoretical interest in <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic chemistry</a>. It is a ligand in <a href="/facts/Organometallic_chemistry/bhqFz2P0">organometallic chemistry</a> and a building block in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a>. Cycloheptatriene is not <a href="/facts/Aromatic/wK0DzRY6">aromatic</a>, as reflected by the nonplanarity of the <a href="/facts/Methylene_bridge/t3lvUJuT">methylene bridge</a> (−CH2−) with respect to the other atoms; however the related <a href="/facts/Tropylium_cation/3vAk8fwQ">tropylium cation</a> is, rendering the compound relatively suspectible to <a href="/facts/Oxidation/Pyd5RVcj">oxidation</a>.
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Cycloheptatriene