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Hexahydroxybenzene trisoxalate

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Formula
  
C12O12

Hexahydroxybenzene trisoxalate

Hexahydroxybenzene trisoxalate is a chemical compound, an oxide of carbon with formula C
12
O
12
. Its molecule consists of a benzene core with the six hydrogen atoms replaced by three oxalate groups. It can be seen as a sixfold ester of benzenehexol and oxalic acid.

The compound was first described by H. S. Verter and R. Dominic in 1967.

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