adamantane

[ad-uh-man-teyn]

ad·a·man·tane

[ad-uh-man-teyn]
noun Chemistry.
a white crystalline alicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H16, consisting of four fused cyclohexane rings, with the carbon atoms arranged as in the diamond lattice.
Compare amantadine.


Origin:
< French; see adamant, -ane; so called from the diamondlike arrangement of the carbon atoms
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Adamantane is always a great word to know.
So is inorganic. Does it mean:
pertaining to compounds that are not hydrocarbons or their derivatives
rapid oxidation accompanied by heat and light, or a chemical combination attended by production of heat and light
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