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Isolation and Structural Proof of the Large Diamond Molecule, Cyclohexamantane (C 26 H 30 )
Author(s) -
Dahl Jeremy E. P.,
Moldowan J. Michael,
Peakman Torren M.,
Clardy Jon C.,
Lobkovsky Emil,
Olmstead Marilyn M.,
May Paul W.,
Davis Tim J.,
Steeds John W.,
Peters Ken E.,
Pepper Andy,
Ekuan Andy,
Carlson Robert M. K.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200250794
Subject(s) - diamond , adamantane , molecule , crystallography , materials science , diamond cubic , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , composite material
Ace of diamonds: Cyclohexamantane (C 26 H 30 ), a large diamond‐like molecule containing six peri ‐fused adamantane cages was identified in petroleum and its structure proven by X‐ray crystallography (see picture). Never synthesized because of severe mechanistic difficulties, the structure of cyclohexamantane has appeared in theoretical molecular‐simulation studies related to diamond; its experimentally determined properties are now discussed.