3-Ethynylcyclopropene: a highly suspicious crystal structure
Abstract
High level ab initio structures for 3-ethynylcyclopropene contain a typical cyclopropene CC double bond of 1.296 Å, in sharp contrast to a recent X-ray structure in which the CC double bond (1.255(2) Å) is purported to be the shortest yet observed among all hydrocarbons.