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Twistane
Twistane
(
IUPAC
name: tricyclo[4.4.0.0
3,8
]decane) is an
organic compound
with the
formula
C
10
H
16
. It is a
cycloalkane
and an
isomer
of the simplest
diamondoid
,
adamantane
, and like adamantane, is not very
volatile
. Twistane was named for the way its rings are permanently forced into the
cyclohexane conformation
known as the "twist-boat". The compound was first reported by Whitlock in 1962.
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