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Anthracene

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Anthraxcene, Paranaphthalene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H10
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
178.23
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39011608
EC Number:
204-371-1
MDL number:
Colour Index Number:
10790
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1905429

Product Name

Anthracene, analytical standard

InChI key

MWPLVEDNUUSJAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

c1ccc2cc3ccccc3cc2c1

grade

analytical standard

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

Quality Level

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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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General description

Anthracene is a low-molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). It acts as starting material for the production of anthraquinone.
This compound is listed in the SVHC (Substances of very high concern) candidate list of ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)

Other Notes

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Hazard Classifications

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

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

249.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

121.0 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves


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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)
Oxidation of Anthracene and Benzo[a]pyrene by Laccases from Trametes versicolor.
Collins PJ
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 62(12), 4563-4567 (1996)
Payam Payamyar et al.
Chimia, 67(4), 283-285 (2013-08-24)
We describe the challenges involved with extending the limited lateral size of two-dimensional polymers (2DPs). An amphiphilic monomer with three-fold symmetry is chosen to form an ideally tessellated monolayer at the air/water interface. Anthracene [4+4] photo-dimerization is chosen as the
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
Jiang-Fei Xu et al.
Organic letters, 15(24), 6148-6151 (2013-11-19)
Dynamic covalent bonds supplied by reversible anthracene dimerization were combined with pillar[5]arene/imidazole host-guest interactions to construct double-dynamic polymers. Heating such polymers (in solution or as a gel) led to depolymerization by dissociation of either the host-guest complexes alone or the

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