Methyldioxirane

Methyldioxirane is an organic chemical consisting of a methyl group as substituent on a dioxirane ring. It is a highly unstable structure that has been proposed as part of a decomposition reaction of acetaldehyde oxide, the Criegee intermediate during some ozonolysis reactions. The methyl group helps reduce the rate of ring-opening of the dioxirane, but it does not become usefully stable until a second substient is present as in the structure of dimethyldioxirane.^[1][2]

Methyldioxirane

Names
IUPAC name 3-Methyldioxirane
Other names Methyldioxirane
Identifiers
CAS Number	70308-85-9
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	394726
PubChem CID	447710
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID30332260
InChI InChI=1S/C2H4O2/c1-2-3-4-2/h2H,1H3 Key: NOZLREUTKGWBPY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC1OO1
Properties
Chemical formula	C2H4O2
Molar mass	60.052 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references