Twistane

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Twistane
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Tricyclo[4.4.0.03,8]decane
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
1919499; 2232311
ChEBI
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1/C10H16/c1-2-8-6-9-3-4-10(8)5-7(1)9/h7-10H,1-6H2
  • C1CC2CC3CCC2CC13
Properties
C10H16
Molar mass 136.238 g·mol−1
Melting point 163 to 164.8 °C (325.4 to 328.6 °F; 436.1 to 437.9 K)[1]
Structure
D2
0 D
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Twistane (

organic compound with the formula C10H16.[3] It is a cycloalkane and an isomer of the simplest diamondoid, adamantane, and like adamantane, is not very volatile. Twistane was named for the way its rings are permanently forced into the cyclohexane conformation known as the "twist-boat".[1] The compound was first reported by Whitlock in 1962.[4]

Synthesis

Twistane has been synthesized in a variety of ways. The original 1962 method was based on a bicyclo[2.2.2]octane framework.[4] A 1967 publication concerned an intramolecular aldol condensation of a cis-decalin diketone.[5] It is formed when basketane is hydrogenated.[6] [dubious – discuss]

Symmetry

The only symmetry operation in twistane is rotation, and there exist three 2-fold axes as shown in the left picture. Thus the point group of twistane is D2. Although twistane has four stereocenters, it only exists as two enantiomers. This is because it is symmetric along its C2 axis.[7]

Polytwistane

Polytwistane is a hypothetical polymer of fused twistane units awaiting actual synthesis.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Beyer, Hans; Walter, Wolfgang; trans. Douglas Lloyd (1997), Organic Chemistry, Horwood Publishing, p. 416,
    ISBN 1-898563-37-3
    , retrieved 2008-12-09
  2. ^
    ISBN 3-906390-15-2
    , retrieved 2008-12-09
  3. ISBN 978-3-527-29606-4
    . 2000
  4. ^
    doi:10.1021/ja00876a047
  5. doi:10.1139/v67-052
  6. ^ Ho, Tse-Lok (1995), Symmetry: A Basis for Synthesis Design, Wiley-IEEE, p. 69,
    ISBN 0-471-57376-0
    , retrieved 2008-12-10
  7. ^ Kalsi, P. S. (2005), Stereochemistry Conformation and Mechanism, New Age Publishers, p. 94,
    ISBN 81-224-1564-4
    , retrieved 2008-12-10
  8. doi:10.1002/chem.201303081
  9. doi:10.1039/C3OB42152J
  10. doi:10.1021/jo502618g
  11. doi:10.1021/ct5011505
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