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Thanks to ‪@That_Chemist‬ for making the bromination mechanism and helping with some others
3D Molecule animation of DielsAlder adduct made by ‪@reformlabs1050‬

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Cyclopentanone synthesis: http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=...
Literature I used for all steps (except UV): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.1...
Literature I used for UVstep and onward: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3OB00231D

0:00 0:52 Intro
0:52 5:23 Cyclopentanone
5:23 9:11 Cyclopentanone ethylene ketal
9:11 15:05 Tribromo
15:05 18:39 DielsAlder adduct
18:39 23:11 Deprotection to diketone
23:11 25:27 Photoreaction to decahedron
25:27 29:53 Cubane dicarboxylic acid
29:53 33:32 Cubane dicarboxylate methyl ester