Oxetane

Trimethylene oxide
Oxacyclobutane

Colorless liquid

Liquid

0.89 g · cm -3 ( 25 ° C)

-97 ° C

48 ° C.

350 hPa ( 20 ° C)

Soluble in water

1.3961 (20 ° C)

Risk

-110.8 KJ / mol

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Oxetane is an organic compound. Oxetane is the simplest representative of the heterocyclic four-membered rings with one oxygen atom in the ring and is also one of the cyclic ethers.

Oxetane is a reactive, colorless, volatile liquid.

Oxetanes are reactive intermediates in various reactions, especially the Paternò - Büchi reaction.