Adamantane is a colorless, crystalline chemical compound with a camphor-like odor. With a formula C10H16, it is a cycloalkane and also the simplest diamondoid. Adamantane molecules consist of four connected cyclohexane rings arranged in the "armchair" configuration. It is unique in that it is both rigid and virtually stress-free. A boat shaped configuration can also exist. Adamantane is the most stable among all the isomers with formula C10H16, which include the somewhat similar twistane. The spatial arrangement of carbon atoms is the same in adamantane molecule and in the diamond crystal. Adamantane molecule consists of three condensed cyclohexane rings fused in the chair conformation. The molecular parameters were deduced by electron diffraction and X-ray crystallography. The carbon-carbon bond length is 1.54 Å and is almost identical to that of diamond, and the carbon-hydrogen distance is 1.112 Å
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