Seijiro Matsubara

Corresponding Author Prof. Dr. Daisuke Uraguchi Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021 Japan List Sustainable Digital Transformation Catalyst Collaboration Research Platform, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD List-PF), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021 Japan Search for more papers by this author

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1 Introduction The cubic hydrocarbon, cubane, represented by the molecular formula C8H8, is a saturated hydrocarbon synthesized by Prof. Eaton in 1964. It unveiled a molecular shape and properties inconceivable by conventional knowledge of saturated hydrocarbons composed from tetrahedral sp3 carbon units.1, 2 Despite its significant strain, the cubane framework is thermally stable.