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Also known as 1H-benzonaphthene, perinaphthene

'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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166.078
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chemical formula
C₁₃H₁₀
canonical SMILES
C1C=CC2=CC=CC3=C2C1=CC=C3
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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.

The name was proposed by German chemists in 1922 as a contraction of periphenonaphthalene.

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