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HYDROGENOLYSIS OF CUBANE
Stober, Reinhard,Musso, Hans,Osawa, Eiji
, p. 1757 - 1762 (2007/10/02)
On catalytic hydrogenation over Pd-C under normal conditions cubane (10) takes up 3 mol of hydrogen in a few hours.Bicyclooctane (13) is formed as the main product, and tetracyclo2.5.03.8>octane (11, secocubane) and tricyclo2.5>octane (12, nortwistbrendane) have been identified as intermediates.The hydrogenolysis of dimethyl 1,4-cubane dicarboxylate, as well as cuneane derivatives, have also been studied.Results are discussed in terms of strain relief calculated by the molecular mechanics method for cubane-like structures.
