Tetracyclopropylmethane Explained

Tetracyclopropylmethane is an organic compound, a polycyclic hydrocarbon with formula C13H20, or (C3H5-)4C. The carbon skeleton of its molecule consists of four cyclopropane rings attached to a central carbon atom.

This compound was synthesized in 2001 by Armin de Meijere and others, with dicyclopropyldiethenylmethane as an intermediate step.[1] In the solid state, the molecules have a propeller shape with S4 symmetry.

Notes and References

  1. 10.1002/1521-3773(20010105)40:1<180::AID-ANIE180>3.0.CO;2-K . Kozhushkov, Sergei I. . Kostikov, Rafael R. . Molchanov, Alexander P. . Boese, Roland . Benet-Buchholz, Jordi . Schreiner, Peter R. . Rinderspacher, Christopher . Ghiviriga, Ion . De Meijere, Armin. . Tetracyclopropylmethane: a unique hydrocarbon with S4 symmetry . Angewandte Chemie International Edition . 2001 . 40 . 1 . 180–183.

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