BarreleneBarrelene is a bicyclic organic compound with chemical formula C8H8 and systematic name bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene. First synthesized and described by Howard Zimmerman in 1960, the name derives from the resemblance to a barrel, with the staves being three ethylene units attached to two methine groups. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Barrelene, revision 1342729597.

Property

Value

Formula

C8H8, 104.15 g/mol

Boiling point

153.7 °C

Density

1.013 g/cm³

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