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So now, presuming you have read the previous pages about cubane and are a cubane expert, it is time to put your knowledge to the test with this little quiz. Designed to test information from all of the previous pages, the following twelve questions are all multiple choice. Just check the box next to the answer you think is correct for each question, then click the button at the bottom to recieve your score. Good luck!

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1. In what year was cubane first synthesised?

       1962
       1964
       1966


2. Who was it that managed this synthesis?

       N B Chapman
       J C Barborak
       P E Eaton


3. What is the empirical formula of cubane?

       CH
       CH2
       C2H


4. What are the internuclear C-C-C bond angles within cubane?

       90º
       109.5º
       120º


5. Is cubane inert towards

       Light
       Water
       Air
       All of the above


6. Is cubane

       Non toxic
       Midly toxic
       Highly toxic


7. Since the synthesis of cubane has been simplified, it is now available in

       4 steps
       5 steps
       6 steps


8. Which cubane derivatives make excellent explosives?

       hydroxy-cubanes
       amino-cubanes
       nitro-cubane


9. Which properties of the above group of cubanes led the US Army to research them further?

       Their kinetic instability
       Their thermodynamic instability
       Their extremely low density


10. Cubanes substituted with which functional groups are pharmaceutically interesting?

       keto, cyano and amide
       keto, nitro and allyl
       cyano, benzyl and halide


11. And against which condition do these cubane derivatives show activity against?

       Parkinson's Disease
       Human Immunodeficiency Virus
       Leukemia


12. Cubane comes from a family of highly strained ring systems, what is another example?

       Housane
       Buckminster Fullerene
       Pentaprismane

  

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