Cubane (C8H8) is a synthetic hydrocarbon molecule that consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon molecule. Cubane is a solid crystalline substance. The cubane molecule was first synthesized in 1964 by Dr. Philip Eaton, a professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago. Before its synthesis, researchers believed that cubic carbon-based molecules could only exist in theory. It was believed that cubane would be impossible to synthesize because the unusually sharp 90-degree bonding angle of the carbon atoms would be too highly strain (chemistry) and hence unstable. Cubane and its derivative compounds have many important properties. The 90-degree bonding angle of the carbon atoms in cubane means that the bonds are highly strained. Therefore, cubane compounds store a great deal of energy in these bonds, which in principle may make them useful as high-density, high-energy fuels and explosives. In fact, a cubane-derived explosive may someday surpass octogen as the most powerful standard grade military explosive. Researchers are looking into using cubane and similarly synthesized cubic molecules in medicine and nanotechnology. === See also === *Octanitrocubane (explosive) *dodecahedrane == External links == * [http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/local/projects/b_muir/Cubane/Cubanepro/Reactivity.html cubane chemistry at Imperial College London] Organic chemistry
Is this the same as Octanitrocubane? User:Fuzheado 04:22, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC) *No. User:Physchim62 18:45, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
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Cubane (C8H8) is a synthetic hydrocarbon molecule that consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a Cube (geometry), with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon molecule. Cubane is a solid crystalline substance. The cubane molecule was first synthesized in 1964 by Dr. Philip Eaton, a professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago. Before its synthesis, researchers believed that cubic carbon-based molecules could only exist in theory. It was believed that cubane would be impossible to synthesize because the unusually sharp 90-degree bonding angle of the carbon atoms would be too highly strain (chemistry) and hence unstable. Cubane and its derivative compounds have many important properties. The 90-degree bonding angle of the carbon atoms in cubane means that the bonds are highly strained. Therefore, cubane compounds store a great deal of energy in these bonds, which in principle may make them useful as high-density, high-energy fuels and explosives. In fact, a cubane-derived explosive may someday surpass octogen as the most powerful standard grade military explosive. Researchers are looking into using cubane and similarly synthesized cubic molecules in medicine and nanotechnology. === See also === *Octanitrocubane (explosive) *dodecahedrane == External links == * [http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/local/projects/b_muir/Cubane/Cubanepro/Reactivity.html cubane chemistry at Imperial College London] Organic chemistry
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Is this the same as Octanitrocubane? User:Fuzheado 04:22, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC) *No. User:Physchim62 18:45, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
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