phenalene
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'1H-Phenalene, often called simply phenalene' is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). Like many PAHs, it is an atmospheric pollutant formed during the combustion of fossil fuels. It is the parent compound for the phosphorus-containing phosphaphenalenes.
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- Mass
- 166.078
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- chemical formula
- C₁₃H₁₀
- canonical SMILES
- C1C=CC2=CC=CC3=C2C1=CC=C3
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'1H-Phenalene, often called simply phenalene' is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). Like many PAHs, it is an atmospheric pollutant formed during the combustion of fossil fuels. It is the parent compound for the phosphorus-containing phosphaphenalenes.
The name was proposed by German chemists in 1922 as a contraction of periphenonaphthalene.