cubyl

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English

Etymology

From cube +‎ -yl. Compare cubane, cubene.

Noun

cubyl (plural cubyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) A molecular arrangement in which 8 atoms are combined such that each of the 8 is bonded to three others, effectively forming a cube.
    • 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:
      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

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