Chemistry: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.[1] It is the parent compound for the phosphorus-containing phosphaphenalenes.
The name was proposed by German chemists in 1922 as a contraction of periphenonaphthalene.[2]
It has been discovered in interstellar space in the Taurus Molecular cloud (TMC-1) as part of the QUIJOTE survey.[3]
Reactions
Phenalene is deprotonated by potassium methoxide to give the phenalenyl anion.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Interaction of DNA with aromatic hydrocarbons fraction in atmospheric particulates of Xigu District of Lanzhou, China". J Environ Sci (China) 19 (8): 948–54. 2007. doi:10.1016/S1001-0742(07)60156-9. PMID 17966851. Bibcode: 2007JEnvS..19..948G.
- ↑ Fritz Mayer and Adolf Sieglitz (1922). "Investigations and Ring Closures in the Series of the Methylnaphthalenes". Journal of the Chemical Society 122 (1–2). https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43035/page/n769/mode/1up.
- ↑ Cabezas, C.; Agúndez, M.; Pérez, C.; Villar-Castro, D.; Molpeceres, G.; Pérez, D.; Steber, A. L.; Fuentetaja, R. et al. (2025-09-01). "Discovery of interstellar phenalene (c-C13H10): A new piece in the chemical puzzle of PAHs in space" (in en). Astronomy & Astrophysics 701: L8. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202556687. ISSN 0004-6361. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2025/09/aa56687-25/aa56687-25.html.
- ↑ Reid, D. H. (1965-01-01). "The chemistry of the phenalenes" (in en). Quarterly Reviews, Chemical Society 19 (3): 274. doi:10.1039/qr9651900274. ISSN 0009-2681.
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