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Bridged or caged polycyclic hydrocarbons have unique structures and potential applications in materials science and medicinal chemistry due to their rigid, 3D spatial orientation of substituents.
In a recent study, researchers from SpiroChem AG and the University of Nottingham used small molecule single crystal diffraction at Diamond to investigate cuneanes – rarely studied hydrocarbons formed by rearranging cubanes1– to explore their potential as building blocks in medicinal chemistry and improve how medicines work.
1. A class of organic molecules characterised by their unique cubic, cage-like structure.
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