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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Dahl, J. E. P., Moldowan, J. M., Peakman, T. M., Clardy, J. C., Lobkovsky, E., Olmstead, M. M., … Carlson, R. M. K. (2003). Isolation and structural proof of the large diamond molecule, cyclohexamantane (C26H30). Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 42(18), 2040–2044. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200250794
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