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9-fluorenone
Sign in to saveAlso known as fluoren-9-one, diphenylene ketone, 9-oxofluorene, fluorenone
Fluorenone is an organic compound with the chemical formula , and is a ketone with a fluorene moiety. It is a bright yellow, fluorescent solid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C13H8O
- Molecular weight
- 180.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- fluoren-9-one
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C3=CC=CC=C3C2=O
- InChIKey
- YLQWCDOCJODRMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.6
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Fluorenone is an organic compound with the chemical formula , and is a ketone with a fluorene moiety. It is a bright yellow, fluorescent solid.
==Synthesis and reactions== It is synthesised by aerobic oxidation of fluorene:
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