cubyl
nounEtymology From cube + -yl. Compare cubane, cubene.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A molecular arrangement in which 8 atoms are combined such that each of the 8 is bonded to three others, effectively forming a cube.
- For example, hyperconjugation in the cubyl cation or radical is predicted to be minor because it can only occur via high-energy cubene-like structures.^(1,2) It has also been suggested that substituents as far away as C(4) can have a major effect on the rates of solvolyses of cubyl trifluoromethanesulphonates.^(1,3)1990, Ernest W. Della, Gordon M. Elsey, Nicholas J. Head, John C. Walton, “Cubyl and 4-Fluorocubyl Radicals”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, number 22, →DOI, page 1589:
- Derived terms
- fluorocubyl