Orthocarbonic acid

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Orthocarbonic acid (also known as methanetetrol) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H4CO4 or C(OH)4. Its molecular structure consists of a single carbon atom bonded to four hydroxyl groups. It would be therefore a fourfold alcohol.

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