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Cyclohexanehexone
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<p>Cyclohexanehexone, also known as hexaketocyclohexane and triquinoyl, is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a> with formula C6O6, the sixfold <a href="/facts/Ketone/BqQXpLo4">ketone</a> of <a href="/facts/Cyclohexane/FDAW5j8v">cyclohexane</a>. It is an <a href="/facts/Oxide/DXtoVe1C">oxide</a> of <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> (an <a href="/facts/Oxocarbon/LtfIXVv5">oxocarbon</a>), a <a href="/facts/Polymer/eF32E50K">hexamer</a> of <a href="/facts/Carbon_monoxide/CKuLtEMJ">carbon monoxide</a>. </p><p>The compound is expected to be highly unstable, even less stable than the <a href="/facts/Cyclohexanehexathione/kInjTItM">cyclohexanehexathione</a> analog, and as of 1999 had only been observed as an ionized fragment during <a href="/facts/Mass_spectrometry/RH5WBHJ2">mass spectrometry</a> studies. </p>