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The term "Platonic hydrocarbon" does not refer to a standard category within chemistry but may draw inspiration from the concept of Platonic solids in geometry. In this context, the term might be used to describe hydrocarbons that exhibit a high degree of symmetry or have structures that resemble Platonic solids (the five regular convex polyhedra: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron).

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