Monday, March 14, 2011

Info #1 - Ladderanes

Hi reader,

Do you know what ladderanes are?

Well, as you can see by the name, it can be split into "ladder" and "-ane", or alkane. Therefore, it shows that it is a ladder-like alkane.

Like an alkane, a ladderane does not have any double or triple bonds - only single bonds. Ladderanes contain at least two cyclobutane rings (C4H8 for one ring) attached to it.

An example of a ladderane is pentacycloanammoxic acid. It contains 5 cyclobutane rings, but also contains other functional groups besides that.

 Pentacycloanammoxic acid
(Picture of pentacycloanammoxic acid adapted from Wikipedia, retrieved 14/3/11, 0510 GMT)

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4 comments:

  1. GITSMarch 15, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    what a long acid name!!!

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  2. YOSFMarch 15, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    There are longer acid names than this. :P

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  3. GITSMarch 15, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    I know, e.g. fluoroantimonic acid...... エムピエル!!!

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  4. YOSFMay 4, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    Fluoroantimonic acid has a shorter name than pentacycloannamoxic acid... VOMMS. 何時かお…

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