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Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of Enantiomerically Pure D 3 ‐Trishomocubanes(Pentacyclo [6.3.0.0 2,6 .0 3,10 .0 5,9 ] undecane) and Trishomocubanones
Author(s) -
Helmchen Günter,
Staiger Gerhard
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197701161
Subject(s) - undecane , absolute configuration , molecule , chiral symmetry , symmetry (geometry) , physics , chemistry , crystallography , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , geometry , mathematics , quark
Rigid chiral hydrocarbons such as (1) and (2) are of interest as test cases for chiroptical theories. (−)‐Trishomocubane (1) and (+)‐trishomocubane (2) , which have now been obtained enantiomerically pure, are apparently the smallest stable organic molecules of point symmetry D 3 .