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Adamantane is an organic compound with formula C10H16 or, more descriptively, (CH)4(CH2)6. Adamantane molecules can be described as the fusion of three cyclohexane rings. The molecule is both rigid and virtually strain-free. Adamantane is the most stable isomer of C10H16. The spatial arrangement of carbon atoms in the adamantane molecule is the same as in the diamond crystal. This similarity led to the name adamantane, which is derived from the Greek adamantinos (relating to steel or diamond). It is a white solid with a camphor-like odor. It is the simplest diamondoid.

Adamantane - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Molecule with three connected cyclohexane rings arranged in the "armchair" configuration Not to be confused with Adamantine or Amantadine . {{cite book |title=Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book) |date=2014 |publisher=[[Royal Society of Chemistry|The Royal Society of Chemistry]] |isbn=978-0-85404-182-4 |location=Cambridge |page=169 |doi=10.1039/9781849733069-FP001 |quote=The retained names adamantane and cubane are used in general nomenclature and as preferred I

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