词汇 | cubane |
词源 | cubane; basketane; squaric acid. Whimsical scientists named these molecules because of their shapes. In cubane the six carbon atoms are arranged in the form of a cube; basketane’s molecular shape suggests a basket; and in squaric acid the at- oms are arranged in a square. |
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