acenaphthene
Sign in to saveAcenaphthene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of naphthalene with an ethylene bridge connecting positions 1 and 8. It is a colourless solid. Coal tar consists of about 0.3% of this compound.
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1,164 papers- Study on the mechanism of liver toxicity induced by acenaphthene in zebrafish.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2023
- Oral gepotidacin versus nitrofurantoin in patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (EAGLE-2 and EAGLE-3): two randomised, controlled, double-blind, double-dummy, phase 3, non-inferiority trials.Lancet (London, England) · 2024
- Oral gepotidacin for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea (EAGLE-1): a phase 3 randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, multicentre study.Lancet (London, England) · 2025
- Gepotidacin: a novel, oral, 'first-in-class' triazaacenaphthylene antibiotic for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections and urogenital gonorrhoea.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2023
- Colorimetric Detection of Acenaphthene and Naphthalene Using Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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Acenaphthene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of naphthalene with an ethylene bridge connecting positions 1 and 8. It is a colourless solid. Coal tar consists of about 0.3% of this compound.
==Production and reactions== Acenaphthene was prepared for the first time in 1866 by Marcellin Berthelot by reacting hot naphthalene vapours with acetylene, and a year later he reproduced a similar reaction with ethylene as well as discovered acenaphthene in coal tar. Later Berthelot and Bardy synthesized the compound by cyclization of α-ethylnaphthalene. Industrially, it is still obtained from coal tar together with its derivative acenaphthylene (and many other compounds).