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acenaphthylene
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Acenaphthylene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is an ortho- and peri-fused tricyclic hydrocarbon. The molecule resembles naphthalene with positions 1 and 8 connected by a -CH=CH- unit. It is a yellow solid. Unlike many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, it has no fluorescence.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H8
- Molecular weight
- 152.19 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- acenaphthylene
- SMILES
- C1=CC2=C3C(=C1)C=CC3=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- HXGDTGSAIMULJN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.7
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 152.063
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- Commons category
- Acenaphthylene
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC2=C3C(=C1)C=CC3=CC=C2
- chemical formula
- C₁₂H₈
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- Occurrence
- Reactions
- Uses
- Toxicity
- References
Acenaphthylene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is an ortho- and peri-fused tricyclic hydrocarbon. The molecule resembles naphthalene with positions 1 and 8 connected by a -CH=CH- unit. It is a yellow solid. Unlike many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, it has no fluorescence.
==Occurrence== Acenaphthylene occurs as about 2% of coal tar. It is produced industrially by gas phase dehydrogenation of acenaphthene.