Cuneane

Cuneane
Ball and stick model of cuneane (1R,2R,3S,4S,5S,6R,7R,8S)
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Pentacyclo[3.3.0.02,4.03,7.06,8]octane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C8H8/c1-2-5(1)6-3-4(6)8(2)7(1)3/h1-8H checkY
    Key: YIJMEXRVJPVGIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • C12C3C4C3C5C1C2C45
Properties
C8H8
Molar mass 104.152 g·mol−1
Density 1.578 g/ml
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Cuneane (from Latin cuneus 'wedge'[1]) is a saturated hydrocarbon with the formula C8H8 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 (C9H10) and bishomocubane (C10H12).[4][5]

Synthesis of cuneane from cubane
  1. ^ R. Criegee; R. Askani (1968). "Octamethylsemibullvalene". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 7 (7): 537. doi:10.1002/anie.196805371.
  2. ^ Michael B. Smith; Jerry March (2001). March's Advanced Organic Chemistry (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 1459. ISBN 0-471-58589-0.
  3. ^ Philip E. Eaton; Luigi Cassar; Jack Halpern (1970). "Silver(I)- and palladium(II)-catalyzed isomerizations of cubane. Synthesis and characterization of cuneane". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92 (21): 6366–6368. doi:10.1021/ja00724a061.
  4. ^ Leo A. Paquette; John C. Stowell (1970). "Silver ion catalyzed rearrangements of strained sigma. bonds. Application to the homocubyl and 1,1'-bishomocubyl systems". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92 (8): 2584–2586. doi:10.1021/ja00711a082.
  5. ^ W. G. Dauben; M. G. Buzzolini; C. H. Schallhorn; D. L. Whalen; K. J. Palmer (1970). "Thermal and silver ion catalyzed isomerization of the 1,1′-bishomocubane system: preparation of a new C10H10 isomer". Tetrahedron Letters. 11 (10): 787–790. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)97830-X.