octaazacubane
English
Alternative forms
- octazacubane, octoazacubane, octoazacubaane, octoazacuboane, octazacubaane, octazacuboane, octaazacubaane, octaazacuboane
Noun
octaazacubane (countable and uncountable, plural octaazacubanes)
- A theoretical molecule composed of eight (8) nitrogen atoms only, in a cubic configuration, with each nitrogen (N) atom being a vertex on the cube, and bonding to three other nitrogens at the nearest three other vertexes. This is theorized to be the high explosive with the highest velocity, the most explosive non-nuclear explosive. It is an allotrope of nitrogen, and an analogue of the organic molecule cubane; and an isomer of octanitrogen (N8).
Usage notes
Though this is named as an organic compound, there are no carbon atoms in the molecule, as all carbons are substituted with nitrogen, in an analog of the carbon cube cubane (C8H8), without the hydrogen atoms.
Synonyms
- cubaazaane
- cubaazane
- cubazaane
- cubazane
- cuboazaane
- cuboazane
- octaazahexacycloctane
- octaazahexacyclooctane
- octazahexacyclooctane
- octoazahexacycloctane
- octoazahexacyclooctane
Hypernyms
- allotrope
- azaalkane
- azacarbon
- azacubane
- azacyclalkane
- azacycloalkane
- azalkane
- azane
- cyclazane
- cycloazane
- cycloctaazane
- cycloctazane
- cyclooctaazane
- cyclooctazane
- cyclooctazane
- cyclooctoazane
- explosive
- high explosive
- [[#English|]]N8
- N8-azane
- N8-cyclazane
- N8-cycloazane
- nitroalkane
- nitrocarbon
- nitrogen (all nitrogen allotropes)
- octaazane
- octanitrogen
- octazane
- octoazane
- octonitrogen
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