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"Extractions and Ire" on YouTube has been having a go at synthesizing a cubane, while the creator does "meme" a lot, it is good chemistry. And a really weird mo
by zamalek 5y ago
"Extractions and Ire" on YouTube has been having a go at synthesizing a cubane, while the creator does "meme" a lot, it is good chemistry. And a really weird molecule.
- bpye 5y agoHis main channel, Explosions and Fire, is also well worth checking out. Less focus on the chemistry and more of a focus on things that go bang.
- gilleain 5y agoThere are a number of 'platonic hydrocarbons', like tetrahedrane, cubane, dodecahedrane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_hydrocarbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_hydrocarbon Weird in a way, but not totally unexpected. Similarly Fe-S clusters form cubic shapes.