CARBON NANOCAGE AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF, AND METHODS RESPECTIVELY FOR PRODUCING SAID CARBON NANOCAGE AND SAID INTERMEDIATE

摘要

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for synthesizing a carbon nanocage, which can be used as a connection unit for a branched carbon nanotube, in a simple manner. A box-shaped compound (B) in which 8 or more rings are bonded through single bonds, wherein sp2 hybrid carbon atoms or sp3 hybrid carbon atoms which exist in each of the rings are bonded to each other in each of the rings, said box-shaped compound (B) having 2 to 4 specific groups, 6 1,4-cyclohexylene groups each of which may have a substituent and 0 or more bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups each of which may have a substituent. A cyclohexane ring moiety in the box-shaped compound is converted to a benzene ring, thereby producing a carbon nanocage which can be used as a connection unit for a branched carbon nanotube.