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Anthracene

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Anthraxcene, Paranaphthalene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H10
CAS Number:
120-12-7
Molecular Weight:
178.23
EC Number:
204-371-1
PubChem Substance ID:
24872114
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1905429
Colour Index Number:
10790
MDL number:
MFCD00001240
NACRES:
NA.24

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Product Name

Anthracene, analytical standard

solubility

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

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

SMILES string

c1ccc2cc3ccccc3cc2c1

grade

analytical standard

vapor density

6.15 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 145 °C)

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

1004 °F

packaging

ampule of 5000 mg

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

340 °C (lit.)

mp

210-215 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

Quality Level

100

Gene Information

human ... CYP1A2(1544)

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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 may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in aqueous solution by synchronous fluorimetry.
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General description

Anthracene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon often formed by incomplete combustion of organic materials.
This compound is listed in the SVHC (Substances of very high concern) candidate list of ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)

pictograms

Exclamation markEnvironment
GHS07,GHS09

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H319,H410

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

Regulatory Information

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Simultaneous determination of dissolved anthracene and pyrene in aqueous solution by synchronous fluorimetry.
Cai ZQ, et al.
Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 69(1), 130-133 (2008)
Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples using high-performance liquid chromatography with amperometric detection.
Nirmaier HP, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 730(1-2), 169-175 (1996)
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
Dabin Shi et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 42(2), 484-491 (2012-10-20)
A novel three-dimensional (3D) porous metal-organic framework, {[Cd(L)(H(2)O)]·3H(2)O}(∞) (1) (L-H(2) = 4,4'-(9,10-anthracenediyl)dibenzoic acid), was synthesized. 1 has a 3D framework formed by L connectors and the infinite {Cd(O(2)CR)(2)}(∞) secondary building units (SBUs). Compound 1 was characterized by IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetry
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
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