24539-27-3Relevant articles and documents
Thermal and Sensitiveness Determination of Cubanes: Towards Cubane-Based Fuels for Infrared Countermeasures
Dallaston, Madeleine A.,Brusnahan, Jason S.,Wall, Craig,Williams, Craig M.
, p. 8344 - 8352 (2019)
As infrared seeking technology evolves, threats are better able to distinguish defensive infrared (IR) flares from true targets. Spectrally matched flares, which generally employ carbon-based fuels, are better able to decoy some advanced missiles by more closely mimicking the IR emission of the target. Cubane is a high-energy carbon-based scaffold which may be suitable for use as a fuel in spectrally matched flares. The enthalpy of formation and strain energy of a series of cubanes was predicted in silico, and their thermal and impact stability examined. All were found to undergo highly exothermic decomposition in sealed cell differential scanning calorimetry, and two cubanes subsequently underwent quantitative sensitiveness testing. Despite their F of I values being in the secondary explosive range, cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (F of I=70) and 4-carbamoylcubane-1-carboxylic acid (F of I=90) were identified as potentially useful fuels for pyrotechnic infrared countermeasure flare formulations.
Cubanes in medicinal chemistry: Synthesis of functionalized building blocks
Wlochal, Joanna,Davies, Robert D. M.,Burton, Jonathan
, p. 4094 - 4097 (2014/09/29)
A collection of novel, pharmaceutically relevant cubane-containing molecules has been prepared from the commercially available cubane-1,4- dimethylester. A range of synthetic methods have been applied to prepare these cubane building blocks with one or two functional handles to allow easy incorporation into existing medicinal chemistry programs.
