cubane - Everything2.com

C₈H_H

Cube shaped hydrocarbon, made more for the pleasure of being able to do so than for any real utility. Although box shaped, it's too small for anything to fit inside. Presumably it crystallises very well - into cubic crystals I guess.


      C---C
      |\  |\
      | C-|-C
      C-|-C |
       \|  \|
        C---C

Note : Hydrogens missing for clarity (oh, OK because of lack of artistic skill..)