Uses
Decacyclene is a large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a triple symmetry. Decacyclene is a three-blade molecular propeller in the solid state, and crystal structure analysis shows that the molecule has a non-planar twisted form, and the crystal is chiral, which may correspond to the enantiomers of the Decacyclene propeller. Decacyclene can be used for research in chemical synthesis and materials science[1].
References
[1] Ho D M, et al. Decacyclene: a molecular propeller with helical crystals[J]. Chemistry of materials, 1993, 5(9): 1358-1361.
