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Preferred IUPAC name 1H-Phenalene | |||
Other names 1-Benzonaphthene; 1H-Benzonaphthene; Perinaphthene; Perinaphthindene; peri-Naphthindene | |||
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.005.371![]() | ||
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Properties | |||
C13H10 | |||
Molar mass | 166.22 g/mol | ||
Appearance | white solid | ||
Density | 1.139 g/cm3 | ||
Melting point | 159–160 °C (318–320 °F; 432–433 K) | ||
Acidity (pKa) | 18.1 (inDMSO)[1] | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
1H-Phenalene, often called simplyphenalene is apolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). Like many PAHs, it is an atmospheric pollutant formed during the combustion of fossil fuels.[2] It is the parent compound for the phosphorus-containingphosphaphenalenes.
The name was proposed by German chemists in 1922 as a contraction ofperiphenonaphthalene.[3]
Phenalene is deprotonated by potassium methoxide to give the phenalenyl anion.[4]
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