Four-carbon molecule

Four-carbon molecules are based on a skeleton made from four carbon atoms. They may be in a chain, branched chains, cycles or even bicyclic compounds

Hydrocarbons that include four atoms are:

butane C₄H₁₀
isobutane C₄H₁₀
but-1-ene C₄H₈
but-2-ene C₄H₈
but-1-yne C₄H₆
but-2-yne C₄H₆
isobutylene C₄H₈
butadiene C₄H₆
1,2-butadiene C₄H₆
vinylacetylene C₄H₄
diacetylene C₄H₂
butatriene C₄H₄
cyclobutane C₄H₈
cyclobutene C₄H₆
cyclobutyne C₄H₄
cyclobutadiene C₄H₄
methylenecyclopropene C₄H₄
bicyclobutane C₄H₆
1-bicyclobutene C₄H₄
Δ^1,3-bicyclobutene C₄H₄
propalene C₄H₂
methylcyclopropane C₄H₈
1-methylcyclopropene C₄H₆
3-methylcyclopropene C₄H₆
methylenecyclopropane C₄H₆
3-methylcyclopropyne C₄H₄
methylenecyclopropyne C₄H₂
tetrahedrane C₄H₄

See also[edit]

List of compounds with carbon number 4

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