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'Dicarbon monoxide' (C₂O) is an extremely reactive molecule that contains two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. It is covalently bonded. It is an intermediate in the photolysis of carbon suboxide. It is closely related to CO, CO₂ and C₃O₂, and other oxides of carbon.
:C₃O₂ → CO + C₂O
It is stable enough to observe reactions with NO and NO₂.

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# Photolysis of Carbon Suboxide, Bayes K., , , Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1961
# Photodissociation of Carbon Suboxide, Anderson D. J., Rosenfeld R. N., , , Journal of Chemical Physics, 1991
# Kinetics of the CCO+NO and CCO+NO2 reactions, Thweatt W. D., Erickson M. A., Hershberger J. F., , , Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2004

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