tetrahedrane

English

Noun

tetrahedrane (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahedranes)

1. (organic chemistry) Hypothetically, one of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₄H₄, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a tetrahedron; has not yet been synthesized, and would be very unstable.

See also

• cubane
• dodecahedrane