Basketane

Basketane is a polycyclic alkane with the chemical formula C10H12. The name is taken from its structural similarity to a basket shape.[1] Basketane was first synthesized in 1966, independently[2] by Masamune[3] and Dauben and Whalen.[4]

Basketane
Names
IUPAC name
Pentacyclo[4.4.0.02,5.03,8.04,7]decane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
C10H12
Molar mass 132.206 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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See also

References
  1. "basketane at About.com: Chemistry". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. Marchand, A. P. (1989). "Synthesis and chemistry of homocubanes, bishomocubanes, and trishomocubanes". Chem. Rev. 89 (5): 1011–1033. doi:10.1021/cr00095a004.
  3. Masamune, S.; Cuts, H.; Hogben, M. G. (1966). "Strained systems. VII. Pentacyclo[4.2.2.02,5.03,8.04,7]deca-9-ene, basketene". Tetrahedron Lett. 7 (10): 1017–1021. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)70232-2.
  4. Dauben, W. G.; Whalen, D. L. (1966). "Pentacyclo[4.4.0.02,5.03,8.04,7]decane and pentacyclo[4.3.0.02,5.03,8.04,7]nonane". Tetrahedron Lett. 7 (31): 3743–3750. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)99958-7.

Further reading
  • Binmore, Gavin T.; Della, Ernest W.; Elsey, G. M.; Head, N. J.; Walton, J. C. (1994). "Homolytic Reactions of Homocubane and Basketane: Rearrangement of the 9-Basketyl Radical by Multiple β-Scissions". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116 (7): 2759–2766. doi:10.1021/ja00086a009.
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