USGS · 70026107
Isolation and structural proof of the large diamond molecule, cyclohexamantane (C26H30)
Abstract
Ace of diamonds: Cyclohexamantane (C26H30), 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.
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J.E.P. Dahl, J.M. Moldowan, T.M. Peakman, J.C. Clardy, E. Lobkovsky, M.M. Olmstead, P.W. May, T.J. Davis, J.W. Steeds, K. E. Peters, A. Pepper, A. Ekuan, R.M.K. Carlson. 2003-05-08. Isolation and structural proof of the large diamond molecule, cyclohexamantane (C26H30). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200250794
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