Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We build a UV reactor to try and blast enough UV to make our desired cage molecule, on our way to making cubane. But does it work? And how much time must we waste?? Subreddit: reddit.com/r/ExplosionsAndFire
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Music is from the artist Arvid, with each track coming from the album 'Milk'.
open.spotify.com/artist/6yPGvGC0PJZPdyaxi7xwoT

Track names:
- O
- Interlude
- Milk
- A

References: 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