First of all you misspelled the material. It is Octanitrocubane.
C8(NO2)8)
The synthesis is considered a lab curiosity as it is even more expensive in completion than common precious metals.
Octanitrocubane was first synthesized by Philip Eaton (who was also the first to synthesize cubane in 1964) and Mao-Xi Zhang at the University of
Chicago in 1999, with the structure proven by crystallographer Richard Gilardi of the United States Naval Research Laboratory.
It was Phil Eaton who had said is was more expensive than gold in a lecture series in 1999, so putting that price back, it's still ridiculous. It was
in the same commercial class as CL20 - it's cost made it impractical for applications beyond serious research in cubane(s).
Common source material: Philip E. Eaton, Mao-Xi Zhang, Richard Gilardi, Nat Gelber, Sury Iyer, Rao Surapaneni (2001). "Octanitrocubane: A New
Nitrocarbon". Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics.
Astakhov AM, Stepanov RS, Babushkin AY (1998). "On the detonation parameters of octanitrocubane". Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves 34 (1):
85–87.
It's all over research libraries & most likely has a page or more of patents related. |
