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)

Picture or first paragraph is in error

I am fairly certain the picture is incorrect O2N is not the same as N2O. If there is such a group as O2N (and the picture is correct), then the text in the article stating 8 Hydrogens had been replaced by 4 NO2 is wrong. Please examine the picture at link: Octanitrocubane | C8N8O16 | CID 11762357 - PubChem (nih.gov). I do not know how to edit the picture. Also, I am NOT an expert in this area. Orec51412 (talk) 15:39, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's O2N- and -NO2 and it's the same. In lead there's "each of the eight hydrogen atoms is replaced", just as you can see in there. The picture isn't perfect, but only because of bond lengths and angle, certainly not connectivity. So, you're wasting our time :( Mithoron (talk) 15:48, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

These diagrams are designed to show not only formulas, but also details of the physical structure, i.e. which atom connects to which other atom. That's why each N is shown closest to its corresponding carbon atom, and why a line is drawn specifically from the letter N rather than just from the general area of the NO2 grouping. TooManyFingers (talk) 16:52, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading lead section?

It simply says it's a high explosive that is shock-insensitive. That description is not strictly false, but it seems to me the fact that it is not in production, no one actually uses it for anything, and no one is entirely certain exactly how it performs, ought to be part of the first sentence - or at least inside the first paragraph. TooManyFingers (talk) 17:01, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Kharasch-Brown reaction

The current scheme cites the the Kharasch-Brown reaction, which is certainly a new one for me. The original work is from the 1940s (doi:10.1021/ja01859a515) but wasn't applied to cubane until in the late 1990s (doi:10.1021/jo00087a033). I'm not sure that it's a real Name Reaction, I can't find any hits describing it in those terms. I'm leaving this here as a note while I decide whether to do anything about it. Project Osprey (talk) 20:21, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]