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Spiropentane, a Common card
Spiropentane is a hydrocarbon with formula C5H8. It is the simplest spiro-connected cycloalkane, a triangulane.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,500
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Spiropentane quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Spiropentane card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
According to the ______ rules for spiro compounds, the systematic name is spiro[2.2]pentane.
Answer
nomenclature. According to the nomenclature rules for spiro compounds, the systematic name is spiro[2.2]pentane. From the Spiropentane article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It took several years after the discovery in ____ until the structure of the molecule was determined.
Answer
1880s. It took several years after the discovery in 1887 until the structure of the molecule was determined. From the Spiropentane article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay. Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay 65 · Agailjhara Upazila 57 · Spiropentane 53 · List of diplomatic missions in Honduras 49 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It took several years after the discovery in 1887 until the structure of the molecule was determined.
- According to the nomenclature rules for spiro compounds, the systematic name is spiro[2.2]pentane.
- However, there can be no constitutive isomeric spiropentanes, hence the name is unique without brackets and numbers.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Spiropentane article was read about 2,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Spiropentane (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Doxepine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
