The pyrolysis of cubane; an example of a thermally induced hot molecule reaction

HD Martin, T Urbanek, P Pföhler…

Index: Martin, Hans-Dieter; Urbanek, Thomas; Pfoehler, Peter; Walsh, Robin Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1985 , # 14 p. 964 - 965

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Abstract

Amongst polycyclic hydrocarbons cubane (pentacyclo- [ 4.2 .O. 023.03~3.04771octane) holds a particular fascination both because of its symmetry and because of its highly strained structure. Cubane pyrolysis has not hitherto been the subject of a detailed kinetic study and, because of our general interest in C8H8 hydrocarbons,l we have turned our attention to its thermal stability and decomposition. We report here results which help to account for its surprising ...

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