dodecahedrane
Sign in to saveAlso known as hexadecahydro-5,2,1,6,3,4-[2,3]butanediyl[1,4]diylidenedipentaleno[2,1,6-cde:2',1',6'-gha]pentalene, undecacyclo[9.9.0.0(2,9).0(3,7).0(4,20).0(5,18).0(6,16).0(8,15).0(10,14).0(12,19).0(13,17)]icosane
Dodecahedrane is a chemical compound, a hydrocarbon with formula , whose carbon atoms are arranged as the vertices (corners) of a regular dodecahedron. Each carbon is bound to three neighbouring carbon atoms and to a hydrogen atom. This compound is one of the three possible Platonic hydrocarbons, the other two being cubane and tetrahedrane.
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- Mass
- 260.156501
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- chemical formula
- C₂₀H₂₀
- Commons category
- Dodecahedrane
- canonical SMILES
- C12C3C4C5C1C6C7C2C8C3C9C4C1C5C6C2C7C8C9C12
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- Structure
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- Synthesis
- Original route
- Pagodane route
- Derivatives
- Hydrogen substitution
- Encapsulation
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Dodecahedrane is a chemical compound, a hydrocarbon with formula , whose carbon atoms are arranged as the vertices (corners) of a regular dodecahedron. Each carbon is bound to three neighbouring carbon atoms and to a hydrogen atom. This compound is one of the three possible Platonic hydrocarbons, the other two being cubane and tetrahedrane.
Dodecahedrane does not occur in nature and has no significant uses. It was synthesized by Leo Paquette in 1982, primarily for the "aesthetically pleasing symmetry of the dodecahedral framework".