Azotsoderzhashchie politsiklicheskie soedineniya (azapolitstsiklany) yavlyayutsya tselevymi ili promezhutochnymi produktami dlya razlichnykh oblastey nauki i tekhniki: ot lekarstv do vzryvchatykh veshchestv i reaktivnykh topliv. Azaadamantany yavlyayutsya odnim iz novykh klassov nasyshchennykh geterotsiklicheskikh soedineniy. Oni zasluzhivayut pristal'nogo vnimaniya khimikov ne tol'ko strukturnym rodstvom s unikal'nym uglevodorodom adamantanom, no i nalichiem kompleksa spetsificheskikh svoystv, obuslovlennykh prisutstviem atomov azota v adamantanovom yadre. Vpervye v khimii azaadamantanov...