Bicyclobutane

Bicyclobutane is an organic compound with the formula C4H6. Consisting of two fused cyclopropane rings, it is one of the most strained compounds isolatable on a large scale. It is a colorless easily condensed gas.
The first reported bicyclobutane was the carboxyethyl derivative, C4H5CO2Et, which was prepared by dehydrohalogenation the corresponding bromocyclobutanecarboxylate ester. The parent hydrocarbon was prepared by conversion of bromocyclobutanecarboxylate ester to 1-bromo-3-chlorocyclobutane, followed intramolecular Wurtz coupling using molten sodium: