Iceane

Iceane
Names
IUPAC name
Tetracyclo[5.3.1.12,6.04,9]dodecane
Other names
Wurtzitane
Identifiers
53283-19-5 YesY
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ChemSpider 26333278 N
Properties
C12H18
Molar mass 163.56 g/mol
Structure
D3h
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Iceane is a saturated polycyclic hydrocarbon with formula C12H18. It has a cage-like molecular structure, whose carbon skeleton can be viewed as three fused cyclohexane rings in the boat conformation; or as two such rings in the chair conformation, connected by three parallel (axial) bonds.

The name "iceane" was proposed by the chemist Louis Fieser about a decade before the compound was first prepared. He was carrying out studies on the arrangement of water molecules in ice, when it occurred to him that there could exist a stable hydrocarbon with the above structure.[1][2]

It is also referred to as wurtzitane,[3] due to its similarity to the wurtzite crystal structure;[4] however, the name "iceane" has precedence.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fieser, L. F. (1965). "Extensions in the use of plastic tetrahedral models". J. Chem. Educ. 42 (8): 408–412. doi:10.1021/ed042p408.
  2. ↑ Hargittai, M.; Hargittai, I. (2013). "Polyhedral Molecular Geometries". In Senechal, M. Shaping Space: Exploring Polyhedra in Nature, Art, and the Geometrical Imagination. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 153–170,299. ISBN 9780387927145.
  3. ↑ Tobler, H.; Klaus, R. O.; Ganter, C. (1975). "Wurtzitan (Tetracyclo[5.3.1.12,6.04,9]dodecan)". Helv. Chim. Acta. 58 (5): 1455–1464. doi:10.1002/hlca.19750580522.
  4. ↑ Hamon, D. P. G.; Taylor, G. F. (1976). "A synthesis of tetracyclo[5,3,1,12,6,04,9]dodecane (iceane)". Aust. J. Chem. 29 (8): 1721–1734. doi:10.1071/CH9761721.


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