cubane Property

Melting point:

130-131° (sealed capillary)

Boiling point:

130.31°C (rough estimate)

Density 

0.9155 (estimate)

refractive index 

1.4770 (estimate)

Stability:

Combustible. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

cubane Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

solid

Definition

cubane: A crystalline hydrocarbon,C8H8; r.d. 1.29; m.p. 131°C. It has anovel structure with eight carbonatoms at the corners if a cube, eachattached to a hydrogen. Cubane wascrystallite first synthesized in 1964 by PhilipEaton. The C–C–C bond angle of 90°is highly strained and cubane and itsderivatives have been investigated ashigh-energy fuels and explosives. Inparticular, octanitrocubane, in whichthe hydrogen atoms are replaced by-NO2 groups is possibly the mostpowerful chemical explosive known,although, so far, only small amountshave been synthesized. It decomposesto carbon dioxide and nitrogen:C₈ (NO₂)₈ →8CO₂ + 4N₂