Organic molecule whose carbon structure is a Platonic solid
A comparison between the five platonic solids and the corresponding three platonic hydrocarbons
In organic chemistry, a Platonic hydrocarbon is a hydrocarbon whose structure matches one of the five Platonic solids, with carbon atoms replacing its vertices, carbon–carbon bonds replacing its edges, and hydrogen atoms as needed.[1][page needed]
Not all Platonic solids have molecular hydrocarbon counterparts; those that do are the tetrahedron (tetrahedrane), the cube (cubane), and the dodecahedron (dodecahedrane). The possibility and existence of each platonic hydrocarbon is affected by the number of bonds to each carbon vertex and the angle strain between the bonds at each vertex.
In organic chemistry, a Platonichydrocarbon is a hydrocarbon whose structure matches one of the five Platonic solids, with carbon atoms replacing its...
In organic chemistry, hydrocarbons (compounds composed solely of carbon and hydrogen) are divided into two classes: aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds...
Several Platonichydrocarbons have been synthesised, including cubane and dodecahedrane and not tetrahedrane. Tetrahedrane Cubane Dodecahedrane Platonic solids...
(CH2)n, where n is very large, a stable hydrocarbon polymer, the most commonly produced plastic. Hydrocarbons also include alkenes, which contain a double...
Tetrahedrane is a hypothetical platonichydrocarbon with chemical formula C4H4 and a tetrahedral structure. The molecule would be subject to considerable...
carbon atom. A solid crystalline substance, cubane is one of the Platonichydrocarbons and a member of the prismanes. It was first synthesized in 1964...
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to a hydrogen atom. This compound is one of the three possible Platonichydrocarbons, the other two being cubane and tetrahedrane. Dodecahedrane does...
which 3 edges come together it is possible for a hydrocarbon to exist (similar to the Platonichydrocarbons) whose chemical structure is represented by the...
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pressurized volume, by using more anvils to converge upon a higher-order platonic solid, such as a dodecahedron. However, such a press would be complex and...
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advance Tesla's mission by helping the world move from a mine-and-burn hydrocarbon economy towards a solar electric economy. The announcement cited (as...
important respects." In the end, the work is a plea for "an essentially Platonic politics of consciousness dedicated to inner cultivation rather than outward...
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