2-PHENYLNAPHTHALENE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

105 °C

Boiling point:

358 °C

Density 

1.2180

refractive index 

1.6664 (estimate)

form 

powder to crystal

color 

White to Almost white

CAS DataBase Reference

612-94-2(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

2-Phenylnaphthalene (612-94-2)

Safety Information

HS Code 

2902900000

2-PHENYLNAPHTHALENE Usage And Synthesis

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 49, p. 4894, 1984 DOI: 10.1021/jo00199a030
Tetrahedron Letters, 24, p. 2723, 1983 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88005-3

Purification Methods

Chromatograph it on alumina in *benzene and crystallise it from aqueous EtOH or MeOH/EtOH. It has been sublimed. It has max at 248 and 286nm (methylcyclohexane). The 2,4,7-trinitrofluoren-9-one has m 169.5-170.5o (from EtOH/*C6H6). [Beilstein 5 H 687, 5 II 603, 5 III 2231, 5 IV 2412.]

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