Talk:Octanitrocubane
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Is this the same as cubane? Fuzheado 04:21, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- The octanitrocubane molecule is the same as the cubane molecule except all eight hydrogen atoms in cubane are replaced by nitro groups. H Padleckas 06:38, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
According the Category page Nitroamines, by the definition there, nitroamines are compounds that have both amine and nitro functional groups. Octanitrocubane does not have an amine functional group, so it is not a nitroamine. Accordingly, I have deleted the "Category:Nitroamines" from the Octanitrocubane article. H Padleckas 06:38, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The structural drawing of octanitrocubane is not correct. The nitro groups attached to the carbon framework are bonded through nitrogen -- the same applies to every nitro compound by definition. In the drawing, some are presented as if they were bonded through oxygen.
For some additional kowledge: a related class of compounds are nitric acid esters, which indeed are bonded through oxygen. The fuctional group, though, is not anymore -NO2 as in nitro, but -ONO2 . That means there is an oxygen atom between "normal" nitro and the carbon. Nitroglycerine is an example of nitric acid ester.
And for some real details, I could easily imagine there are compounds with functionality -ONO. I think this would be a nitrous acid ester ('nitrous' contrary to 'nitric'). However, I should go and check a book for a proper statement. The point was, anyhow, that the drawing is a bit inaccurate. -- A Chemist, 21:04, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
