Bastardane

This chemical is closely related to Adamantane. Bastardane is also called ethano-bridged noradamantane. However because it had the unusual ethano bridge, and was therefore a variation from the standard types of structure found in the field of hydrocarbon cage rearrangements, it came to be known as //bastardane// - the "unwanted child". The original paper had the title "Nanacyclo-docosane, a Bastard Tetramantane."




 * Bastardane **: The molecular structure of this hydrocarbon deviates from the usual hydrocarbon caged __arrangement__, thus, it has come to be called bastardane–the illegitimate offspring.