Cuneane (from la cuneus 'wedge'[1]) is a saturatedhydrocarbon with the formulaC 8H 8 and a 3D structure resembling a wedge, hence the name. Cuneane may be produced from cubane by metal-ion-catalyzed σ-bond rearrangement.[2][3] Similar reactions are known for homocubane (C 9H 10) and bishomocubane (C 10H 12).[4][5]
Synthesis of cuneane from cubane
Molecular geometry
The carbon atoms in the cuneane molecule form a hexahedron with point group C2v.
The cuneane molecule has three groups of equivalent carbon atoms (A, B, C), which have also been confirmed by NMR.[6] The molecular graph of the carbon skeleton of cuneane is a regular graph with non-equivalent groups of vertices, and so it is a very important test object for different algorithms of mathematical chemistry.[7][8]
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