笼状烃合成及理论研究进展

age hydrocarbons have great potentials in many fields such as high-energy fuels and fine chemicals. This paper reviews the synthesis of cage hydrocarbons, including polyhedron, prismane, adamantane and related derivatives. The characteristics and limitations of these synthetic methods are evaluated. And the utilization of group contribution and DFT quantum methods in estimating the thermodynamic properties of cage molecules are also summarized. The theoretic methods afford data in good agreement with the experimental results. Since the experimental data of cage hydrocarbons are still limited, the theoretic calculation would be very powerful tool to pre-evaluate the properties of candidate molecules. In this way, molecular design will provide important guidance for the development of new cage hydrocarbons. As to the synthetic route, the fundamental reactions concerned needs to be improved towards higher efficiency and atom economy.