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Octanitrocubane
Octanitrocubane (C8(NO2)8) is a powerful high explosive, that, like TNT, is shock-insensitive (not readily detonated by shock). The octanitrocubane molecule has the same chemical structure as cubane (C8H8) except all eight hydrogen (H) atoms are each replaced by nitro (NO2) groups.
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