Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A modern light-source for a modern man (who doesn't really know how electronics work), what could possibly go wrong? We need the UV for our cubane ok. Twitter: twitter.com/Explosions_Fire
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Music: from the Aphex Twin soundcloud dump. Sorry once again to people who have sent me cool music, I am too short of time and it sucks. Track name: 22 Pearls

References for the whole cubane synthesis: 1997 Lab scale paper: researchgate.net/publication/244572672_Dimethyl_Cubane-14-dicarboxylate_A_Practical_Laboratory_Scale_Synthesis
2013 Pilot Scale: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/op400181g
"Cubane Derivatives for Propellant Applications" 1989
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA210368.pdf