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Anthracene

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Anthraxcene, Paranaphthalene

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H10
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
178.23
Colour Index Number:
10790
Beilstein:
1905429
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
eCl@ss:
39011608
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

vapor density

6.15 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 145 °C)

autoignition temp.

1004 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

340 °C (lit.)

mp

210-215 °C (lit.)

solubility

alcohols: soluble
benzene: soluble
chloroform: soluble
hydronaphthalenes: soluble
supercritical carbon dioxide: soluble

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

c1ccc2cc3ccccc3cc2c1

InChI

1S/C14H10/c1-2-6-12-10-14-8-4-3-7-13(14)9-11(12)5-1/h1-10H

InChI key

MWPLVEDNUUSJAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Anthracene is a low-molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). It acts as starting material for the production of anthraquinone.

Application

Anthracene has been shown to be soluble in a variety of binary and ternary mixtures of cyclohexanone, ethyl acetate, and methanol .
Anthracene has been used as reference standard in identifying and quantifying PAHs in edible oils using GC–MS method.
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Signal Word

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

249.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

121.0 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Oxidation of Anthracene and Benzo[a]pyrene by Laccases from Trametes versicolor.
Collins PJ
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 62(12), 4563-4567 (1996)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in edible oils by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy.
Hossain, M. Amzad, and S. M. Salehuddin.
Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 5.3, 391-396 (2012)
Hyunjung Lee et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 51(20), 10904-10915 (2012-09-26)
The tendency of a Hg(II) ion to strongly quench fluorescence of potential fluorescent sensors is explored. Fluorescence measurements show the expected order of the chelation-enhanced fluorescence (CHEF) effect of Zn(II) > Cd(II) > Hg(II) ~ Cu(II), which is interpreted as
Alina P Sergeeva et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(43), 18065-18073 (2012-10-04)
Clusters of boron atoms exhibit intriguing size-dependent structures and chemical bonding that are different from bulk boron and may lead to new boron-based nanostructures. We report a combined photoelectron spectroscopic and ab initio study of the 22- and 23-atom boron
Huan Wang et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 15(10), 3527-3534 (2013-02-05)
The orientation factor κ(2) ranging from 0 to 4, which depends on the relative orientation of the transition dipoles of the energy donor (D) and the energy acceptor (A) in space, is one of the pivotal factors deciding the efficiency

Protocols

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