This is a partial list of molecules that contain 1 carbon atom.

Chemical formula Synonyms CAS number CAgN silver cyanide 506-64-9 CAlH2N aluminium monocyanide 19401-01-5 CB boron carbide 12011-54-0 CBSi carbon monoboride monosilicide 12628-09-0 CB2 diboron carbide 12537-86-9 CB4 boron carbide 12069-32-8 CBe2 beryllium carbide 506-66-1 CBr bromomethylidyne 3889-77-8 CBrF2 bromodifluoromethyl radical 28882-09-9 CBrN cyanogen bromide 506-68-3 CBrNO bromine isocyanate 3644-72-2 CBrNO bromoformonitrile oxide 74213-25-5 CBrNS bromine thiocyanate 29284-59-1 CBrNSe selenium bromide cyanide 80039-77-6 CBr2 dibromomethylene 4371-77-1 CBr2ClF chloro dibromo fluoro methane 353-55-9 CBr2O carbonyl bromide 593-95-3 CBr3 tribromomethyl radical 4471-18-5 CBr3Cl tribromochloromethane 594-15-0 CBr4 carbon tetrabromide 558-13-4 CCe cerium monocarbide 12011-58-4 CCeRh monocerium monorhodium monocarbide 70378-91-5 CCeRu monocerium monoruthenium monocarbide 70378-92-6 CCeSi cerium monocarbide monosilicide 51257-45-5 CCl chloromethylidyne 3889-76-7 CClF chlorofluoromethylene 1691-88-9 CClFO carbonic chloride fluoride 353-49-1 CClFS carbonothioic chloride fluoride 1495-18-7 CClF2 chlorodifluoromethyl radical 1691-89-0 CClF3O2S trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride 421-83-0 CClF3S trifluoromethanesulfenyl chloride 421-17-0 CClN cyanogen chloride 506-77-4 CClNO chlorine isocyanate 13858-09-8 CClNS chlorine thiocyanate 5961-98-8 CClNSe selenium chloride cyanide 80039-76-5 CClO carbonyl chloride 2602-42-8 CCl2 dichloromethylene 1605-72-7 CCl2F dichlorofluoromethyl radical 1691-90-3 CCl2F2 dichlorodifluoromethane 75-71-8 CCl2O phosgene 75-44-5 CCl2OS chlorocarbonylsulfenyl chloride 2757-23-5 CCl2S carbonothioic dichloride 463-71-8 CCl2S2 chlorothioformylsulfenylchloride 72087-91-3 CCl3 trichloromethyl radical 3170-80-7 CCl3F trichloromonofluoromethane 75-69-4 CCl3NO2 chloropicrin 76-06-2 CCl4 carbon tetrachloride 56-23-5 CCs2O3 dicesium carbonate 29703-01-3 CCuN copper cyanide 544-92-3 CEuN europium cyanide 50647-38-6 CF fluoromethylidyne 3889-75-6 CFN cyanogen fluoride 1495-50-7 CFO fluoroformyl radical 1871-24-5 CF2 difluoromethylene 2154-59-8 CF2NOP phosphorisocyanatidous difluoride 461-59-6 CF2NP phosphorocyanidous difluoride 14118-40-2 CF2N2 difluorocyanamide 7127-18-6 CF2N2O4 difluorodinitromethane 1185-11-1 CF2O carbonyl fluoride 353-50-4 CF2S thiocarbonyl fluoride 420-32-6 CF3 trifluoromethyl radical 2264-21-3 CF3NO trifluoronitrosomethane 334-99-6 CF3NO4 trifluoromethyl peroxynitrate 50311-48-3 CF4 carbon tetrafluoride 75-73-0 CF4O trifluoromethyl hypofluorite 373-91-1 CF5N pentafluoromethylamine 335-01-3 CF5N3 pentafluoroguanidine 10051-06-6 CF6N2 hexafluoromethanediamine 4394-93-8 CF7N3 heptafluoromethanetriamine 14362-68-6 CF8N4 octafluoromethanetetramine 17125-65-4 CGaN gallium monocyanide 51750-59-5 CGe germanium monocarbide 12334-26-8 CGeSi germanium carbide silicide 12011-72-2 CGe3 trigermanium monocarbide 61349-30-2 CH methylidyne radical 3315-37-5 CHBrClF bromochlorofluoromethane 593-98-6 CHBr2 dibromomethyl radical 14362-13-1 CHCl chloromethylene 2108-20-5 CHClF chlorofluoromethyl radical 33272-71-8 CHClO formyl chloride 2565-30-2 CHCl2 dichloromethyl radical 3474-12-2 CHCl3 chloroform 67-66-3 CHCl3O2S dichloromethanesulfonyl chloride 41197-29-9 CHCl5Si dichloromethyl trichloro silane 1558-24-3 CHF fluoromethylene 13453-52-6 CHFN2O4 fluorodinitromethane 7182-87-8 CHFO formyl fluoride 1493-02-3 CHF2 difluoromethyl radical 2670-13-5 CHF3 trifluoromethane 75-46-7 CHF3S trifluoromethanethiol 1493-15-8 CHLiO2 lithium formate 556-63-8 CHLiO2 lithium formate 6108-23-2 CHN hydrogen cyanide 74-90-8 CHN hydrogen isocyanide 6914-07-4 CHNO cyanic acid 420-05-3 CHNO fulminic acid 506-85-4 CHNO isocyanic acid 75-13-8 CHNS isothiocyanic acid 3129-90-6 CHNaO2 sodium formate 141-53-7 CHO formyl radical 2597-44-6 CHO2 hydrocarboxyl radical 2564-86-5 CHO2Rb rubidium formate 3495-35-0 CHO2Tl thallium formate 992-98-3 CHP methinophosphide 6829-52-3 CHS thioformyl radical 36058-28-3 CH2 methylene 2465-56-7 CH2Br bromomethyl radical 16519-97-4 CH2BrI bromoiodomethane 557-68-6 CH2BrNO2 bromonitromethane 563-70-2 CH2Cl chloromethyl radical 6806-86-6 CH2ClI chloroiodomethane 593-71-5 CH2ClNO2 chloronitromethane 1794-84-9 CH2Cl2 methylene chloride 75-09-2 CH2Cl2O2S chloromethanesulfonyl chloride 3518-65-8 CH2F fluoromethyl radical 3744-29-4 CH2F2O4S2 methanedisulfonyl fluoride 42148-23-2 CH2N2 cyanamide 420-04-2 CH2N2O4 dinitromethane 625-76-3 CH2N6O2 nitroguanylazide 62154-79-4 CH2O formaldehyde 50-00-0 CH2O hydroxymethylene 19710-56-6 CH2O polyoxymethylene 9002-81-7 CH2OS sulfine 40100-16-1 CH2O2 dioxirane 157-26-6 CH2O2 formic acid 64-18-6 CH2O3 carbonic acid 463-79-6 CH2S thioformaldehyde 865-36-1 CH3 methyl radical 2229-07-4 CH3AsCl2 methyldichloroarsine 593-89-5 CH3BBrClO methoxybromochloroborane 38481-11-7 CH3BBrFO methoxybromofluoroborane 38481-08-2 CH3BBr2 methylboron dibromide 17933-16-3 CH3BBr2S methylthiodibromoborane 30009-65-5 CH3BClFO methoxychlorofluoroborane 38481-06-0 CH3BCl2 methyldichloroborane 7318-78-7 CH3BCl2O methoxydichloroborane 867-46-9 CH3BCl2S methylthiothichlroborane 29878-05-5 CH3BFIO fluoroiodomethoxyborane 38481-10-6 CH3BF2O methoxydifluoroborane 381-59-9 CH3BF2S methylthiodifluoroborane 381-60-2 CH3BI2O methoxydiiodoborane 29878-00-0 CH3BI2S methylthiodiiodoborane 27545-34-2 CH3Br methyl bromide 74-83-9 CH3Cl methyl chloride 74-87-3 CH3ClFOP methylphosphonyl chlorofluoride 753-71-9 CH3ClO methyl hypochlorite 593-78-2 CH3ClO2S methanesulfonyl chloride 124-63-0 CH3ClS methanesulfenylchloride 5813-48-9 CH3Cl2OP methoxy dichloro phosphine 3279-26-3 CH3Cl2OP methyl phosphonic dichloride 676-97-1 CH3Cl2OPS methylthiophosphorylchloride 18281-76-0 CH3Cl2O2P methyl dichlorophosphate 677-24-7 CH3Cl2P methyldichlorophosphine 676-83-5 CH3Cl2PS methylphosphonothioic dichloride 676-98-2 CH3Cl3Ge methylgermanium trichloride 993-10-2 CH3D deuteriomethane 1 676-49-3 CH3F methyl fluoride 593-53-3 CH3FO methyl hypofluorite 36336-08-0 CH3FO2S methanesulfonyl fluoride 558-25-8 CH3F2OP methylphosphonyl difluoride 676-99-3 CH3I methyl iodide 74-88-4 CH3IS methylsulfenyliodide 86381-89-7 CH3N methanimine 2053-29-4 CH3NO formamide 75-12-7 CH3NO2 methyl nitrite 624-91-9 CH3NO3 methyl nitrate 598-58-3 CH3NS methanethioamide 115-08-2 CH3NSi isocyano silane 18081-38-4 CH3N3 methyl azide 624-90-8 CH3N3O3 nitrourea 556-89-8 CH3N3O4 methyldinitramine 25346-05-8 CH3NaO sodium methoxide 124-41-4 CH3O hydroxymethyl radical 2597-43-5 CH3O methoxy radical 2143-68-2 CH3P phosphethene 61183-53-7 CH3S mercaptomethyl radical 17032-46-1 CH3S methylthio radical 7175-75-9 CH3S2 methyldithio radical 29245-72-5 CH3Sn monomethyl tin radical 23001-26-5 CH3Zn methyl zinc 42217-98-1 CH4 methane 74-82-8 CH4Cl2Si methyl dichlorosilane 20156-50-7 CH4N methyl amino radical 49784-84-1 CH4N2 methyl diazene 26981-93-1 CH4N2O formic acid hydrazide 624-84-0 CH4N2O urea 57-13-6 CH4N2O2S aminoiminomethanesulfinic acid 1758-73-2 CH4N2S ammonium thiocyanate 1762-95-4 CH4N2S thiourea 62-56-6 CH4N2Se selenourea 630-10-4 CH4O methyl alcohol 67-56-1 CH4OS methanesulfenic acid 62965-22-4 CH4O2 methanediol 463-57-0 CH4O2 methyl peroxide 3031-73-0 CH4O2S methanesulfinic acid 17696-73-0 CH4O3 Orthoformic acid 463-78-5 CH4O4 Orthocarbonic acid 463-84-3 CH4O6S2 methane disulfonic acid 503-40-2 CH4S methanethiol 74-93-1 CH4S2 dimercaptomethane 6725-64-0 CH4S2 methyl hydrogen disulfide 6251-26-9 CH5As methylarsine 593-52-2 CH5AsO3 methyl arsonic acid 124-58-3 CH5BO2 dihydroxymethylborane 13061-96-6 CH5N methylamine 74-89-5 CH5NO2S methane sulfonamide 3144-09-0 CH5NO3S aminomethanesulfonic acid 13881-91-9 CH5N3 guanidine 113-00-8 CH5N3O3S thiourea nitrate 55011-91-1 CH5N3S hydrazinecarbothioamide 79-19-6 CH5N4O2 guanidine nitrate 506-93-4 CH5O3P methylphosphonic acid 993-13-5 CH6ClN methylammonium chloride 593-51-1 CH6ClN3O semicarbazide hydrochloride 563-41-7 CH6Ge methyl germane 1449-65-6 CH6IN methylammonium iodide 14965-49-2 CH6N methylammonium radical 17000-00-9 CH6N2 methylhydrazine 60-34-4 CH6N2O2 ammonium carbamate 1111-78-0 CH6N4 aminoguanidine 79-17-4 CH6N4O carbonic dihydrazide 497-18-7 CH6N4S carbonothioic dihydrazide 2231-57-4 CH7N3O3 methylhydrazinium nitrate 29674-96-2 CHf hafnium(IV) carbide 506-64-9 CI4 carbon tetraiodide 507-25-5 CIN cyanogen iodide 506-78-5 CINO iodine isocyanate 3607-48-5 CINS iodine thiocyanate 105918-65-8 CINSe iodine selenocyanate 105918-66-9 CIN3O6 iodotrinitromethane 630-70-6 CIr iridium monocarbide 12385-37-4 CKN potassium cyanide 151-50-8 CKNS potassium thiocyanate 333-20-0 CK2O3 potassium carbonate 584-08-7 CLi2O3 lithium carbonate 554-13-2 CLi3 trilithium monocarbide 70378-93-7 CLi4 carbon tetralithium 38827-79-1 CMgO3 magnesium carbonate 546-93-0 CMo molybdenum carbide 12011-97-1 CN cyano radical 2074-87-5 CNNa sodium cyanide 143-33-9 CNO isocyanato radical 22400-26-6 CNOSi oxosilyl monocyanide 29210-67-1 CNPr praseodymium monocyanide 57137-34-5 CNS thiocyanato radical 15941-77-2 CNSi silicon monocyanide 29210-66-0 CN2O nitrosyl cyanide 4343-68-4 CN4 cyanogen azide 764-05-6 CNaHO3 Sodium bicarbonate 144-55-8 CNa2O3 sodium carbonate 497-19-8 CO carbon monoxide 630-08-0 COS carbonyl sulfide 463-58-1 COSe carbonyl selenide 1603-84-5 CO2 carbon dioxide 124-38-9 CO3 carbon trioxide 3812-32-6 CP carbon monophosphide 12326-85-1 CPSi silicon monocarbide monophosphide 37342-74-8 CP2 carbon diphosphide 12601-93-3 CRh rhodium monocarbide 12127-42-3 CRu ruthenium carbide 12012-13-4 CS carbon monosulfide 2944-05-0 CSSe thiocarbonyl selenide 5951-19-9 CS2 carbon disulfide cation 12539-80-9 CS2 carbon disulfide 75-15-0 CSe carbon monoselenide 16674-18-3 CSe2 carbon diselenide 506-80-9 CSi silicon monocarbide 409-21-2 CSi2 disilicon carbide 12070-04-1 CSi3 trisilicon carbide 12326-86-2 CTa tantalum carbide 12070-06-3 CTh thorium monocarbide 12012-16-7 CTi titanium carbide 12070-08-5 CU uranium monocarbide 12070-09-6 CW tungsten carbide 12070-12-1 CZr zirconium carbide 12070-14-3

C+H+O compounds Each hydrogen added to a molecule can be considered as a proton plus a one-electron reduction of the redox state, while each oxygen counts as a two-electron oxidation. Thus a net addition of H2O is a simple hydration with no net change in redox state and frequently occurs reversibly in aqueous solution. These relationships may be viewed in the following table (peroxides and ions are excluded; unstable or hypothetical compounds are italicized).

O0O1O2O3O4H4methanemethanolmethanediolorthoformic acidorthocarbonic acidH3methyl radicalmethoxy radicalH2methyleneformaldehydeformic acidcarbonic acidH1methylidyne radicalH0atomic carboncarbon monoxidecarbon dioxidecarbon trioxidecarbon tetroxide

See also Carbon number List of compounds with carbon number 2