Asteranes are members of a series of cage hydrocarbons that feature the boat conformation of cyclohexane as a defining structural element.[1] They can be considered as homologues of the prismanes in which each edge has been replaced by a bridging methylene group.

References

  1. Henning Hopf, Classics in Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, New York, 2000, pages 34-37, ISBN 978-3-527-29606-4.