If such a compound or molecule as Carbon Tertroxide existed, would it be more lethal than Uuq?

Question

My friend and I talked this subject over the other day, but I'm still curious. I know that there IS no such thing as Carbon Trioxide or Cardon Tetroxide, and that such a thing can't be made because the extra oxygen (or is it carbon?) atoms would break off. I have a very inquiring mind, so please help if you can!

Answer 1

As noted, Uuq would be radioactive.

Carbon trioxide was reported in the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (believe it or not) by Taube at Stanford back in 1971. It was made by blowing ozone on solid CO2 ("dry ice"). No hazards were reported in the research but it decomposed in about 30 minutes. (Presumably carbon trioxide decomposed to CO2 and oxygen but that was not investigated in the published research.) The compound was identified by infrared spectra but was not isolated in any conventional way. The exact structure could not be determined from the data but was narrowed down to one of 3 possibilities. It might have been able to work out the exact structure if a spectrometer with a wider wavelength range had been used.

I am not aware of a preparation of carbon tetroxide.

Answer 2

Carbon tetroxide possessing two dioxirane rings, is so far unknown experimentally.

Furthermore, its close analogue, difluorodioxirane, has
recently been synthesized and characterized, indicating that bisdioxirane type compounds might also become synthetically
accessible.

It is also intuitively obvious that open chain or branched forms will have biradical character, which in addition to the charge will ensure an extreme reactivity of these forms so might be more lethal than uuq (Ununquadrium or element 114 having a very high fission rate) because of its biradical character as described earlier...

Answer 3

Element Uuq, atomic number 115, would be highly radioactive. I'm sure that it can be made, if it has not been made already. If a person had a "large" amount of it, it would be extremely toxic.

By contrast, not only might carbon tetroxide be made some day, but there is even another name for it: 1,2,4,5-dioxa[2.2]spiropentane. Chemists are so inventive that they know the names of compounds that they have not even made yet! (Keep watching this space for word of carbon tetroxide!)

Answer 4

Both compounds do not exist in our universe. Perhaps you can propose an alternate universe with its own elements and physical/chemical laws to allow for the discussion that you are wanting.