Cage-like hydrocarbons

• Prismane C₆H₆
• Cubane C₈H₈ [xyz] is kinetically stable polyhedral hydrocarbon
• Bullvalene C₁₀H₁₀ [xyz] is a fluxional molecule
• Dodecahedrane C₂₀H₂₀ [xyz] has minimum angle strain among all polyhedral hydrocarbons
• Diamondoids: adamantane C₁₀H₁₆ [xyz] has a chiral isomer twistane [xyz]
• Carbon-centered H-passivated diamond clusters: 0, 1, 3 shells (strained clusters are omitted)
• Barrelene C₈H₈ [xyz] has Moebius aromaticity
• Asteranes: triasterane C₉H₁₂ [xyz], tetraasterane C₁₂H₁₆ [xyz]