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Oxepine
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<p>Oxepine is an <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a>-containing <a href="/facts/Heterocycle/8oYSjJxY">heterocycle</a> consisting of a seven-membered <a href="/facts/Ring_(chemistry)/EVFmy88Q">ring</a> with three <a href="/facts/Double_bond/qDemMn0c">double bonds</a>. The parent C6H6O exists as an <a href="/facts/Chemical_equilibrium/y8ToYXHp">equilibrium</a> mixture with benzene oxide. </p> <p>The oxepin–benzene oxide equilibrium is affected by the ring <a href="/facts/Substituent/6y9IE6G0">substituents</a>. A related dimethyl derivative exists mainly as the oxepine isomer, an orange liquid. </p><p>Oxepine is an intermediate in the oxidation of <a href="/facts/Benzene/Fguue7nr">benzene</a> by the <a href="/facts/Cytochrome_P450/alxusFD0">cytochrome P450</a> (CYP). Other <a href="/facts/Arene_oxide/wL6Vl1p9">arene oxides</a> are metabolites of the parent arene. </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxepin.