Dodecahedrane

=Dodecahedrane =

Basic Information
This is a chemical compound that was first synthesized in 1982, at Ohio State University. It has a "aesthetically pleasing symmetry of its framework" In this molecule, each vertex is a carbon atom that bonds to 3 neighboring carbon atoms. The 108 angle of each pentagonal pair is close to an ideal 109.5 degree for a hybridised atom. Each carbon atom is bonded to a hydrogen atom as well as three carbon atoms. This chemical does not occur naturally in nature.

Derivatives
A variety of dodecahadrane have been synthesized and reported in various literature. Substitutions of all 20 hydrogens by flourine atoms yeild the relativley unstable, [|perfluorododecahedrane] C20F20, which was obtained in milligram quantities by Wahl, and others in 2006