Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Orthoacetic acid or ethane-111-triol is an hypothetical organic compound with formula C2H6O3 or H3C-C(OH)3. It would be a triple alcohol with the ethane backbone. Since the hydroxyl groups could lose protons it can also be viewed as an ortho acid.Orthoacetic acid is believed to be impossible to isolate since it would readily decompose into acetic acid and water. It may have a fleeting existence in aqueous solutions of acetic acid.
