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The relief of strain in the molecule is responsible for the order in which the bonds of the cubane skeleton are broken on hydrogenation. Cubane (RH) and derivatives with RCO2Me, R′H and RH, R′CO2Me have been investigated.
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Hans Musso (1977) studied this question.
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