Cubane


 * Cubane** (C8H8) is a hydrocarbon molecule that consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of an actual CUBE, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid substance, cubane is a Platonic Hydrocarbon. Once formed, cubane is quite kinetically stable, due to a lack of readily available decomposition paths. It was first forged in 1984 at the University of Chicago by Philip Eaton. Before this creation they did not believe that cube shaped things could exist. It is now stable due to the lack of decomposition paths.

Known to have "rich chemistry" and it had led to many discoveries

Cubane has the highest density of any hydrocarbon. Researchers are looking into using cubane and similar cubic molecules in medicine and nanotechnology.

These two very common game objects would not exist if cubane was not created.