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SUBMITTER: Beginn U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3588448 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20130202 Pt 3
The title compound (itaconic anhydride), C5H4O3, consists of a five-membered carbon-oxygen ring in a flat envelope conformation (the unsubstituted C atom being the flap) with three exocyclic double bonds to two O atoms and one C atom. In contrast to the bond lengths, which are very similar to those in itaconic acid in its pure form or in adducts with other mol-ecules, the bond angles differ significantly because of the effect of ring closure giving rise to strong distortions at the C atoms invol ...[more]