rotane
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A rotane is a hydrocarbon consisting of a central cycloalkane ring with cyclopropane units spiro-linked to each corner. The systematic naming pattern for these molecules is "[n]rotane", where n is the number of atoms in the central ring.
The simplest such chemical, [3]rotane, consists solely of a branched array of spiro-cyclopropane units, and is thus a branched triangulane.
References
- {{cite journal |journal= Pure Appl. Chem. |volume= 75 |issue= 5 | pages= 549–562 |year= 2003 |title= New structurally interesting cyclopropane derivatives. A world of wonders and surprises |first1= Armin |last1= de Meijere |first2= Sergei I. |last2= Kozhushkov |first3= Andrey A. |last3= Fokin |first4= Ingo |last4= Emme |first5= Stefan |last5= Redlich |first6= Peter R. |last6= Schreiner |doi= 10.1351/pac200375050549 |url= https://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/2003/pdf/7505x0549.pdf }}
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