157, No. 4 Powerful explosive blasts onto scene Researchers have synthesized what could be the most powerful nonnuclear explosive known. Zhang, M.-X., P.E. Eaton, and R. Gilardi. Hepta- and octanitrocubanes. Military research on cubane explosives may also lead to new pharmaceuticals.
Structure puts cubane in slanted box.
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