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Benz[a]anthracene

Name: Benz[<I>a</I>]anthracene
Brand: ALDRICH

99%

Synonym(s):

1,2-Benzanthracene, Tetraphene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₁₈H₁₂

CAS Number:

56-55-3

Molecular Weight:

228.29

UNSPSC Code:

12352100

NACRES:

NA.22

PubChem Substance ID:

24891636

EC Number:

200-280-6

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1909298

MDL number:

MFCD00003599

Assay:

99%

Form:

powder

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Properties

Quality Segment

100

assay

99%

form

powder

bp

437.6 °C (lit.)

mp

157-159 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

c1ccc2cc3c(ccc4ccccc34)cc2c1

InChI

1S/C18H12/c1-2-7-15-12-18-16(11-14(15)6-1)10-9-13-5-3-4-8-17(13)18/h1-12H

InChI key

DXBHBZVCASKNBY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... CYP1A2(1544)

Description

Application

Benz[a]anthracene can be used in the synthesis of other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as tribenzo[a,c,f]tetraphene.2 It can also be used for phosphorescence applications.

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This Item	75451	D31206	797995
Sigma-Aldrich B2209 Benz[a]anthracene	Supelco 75451 Benz[a]anthracene	Sigma-Aldrich D31206 Dibenz[a,c]anthracene	Sigma-Aldrich 797995 Phthalic anhydride
description 99%	description certified reference material, TraceCERT^®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland	description 97%	description anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri^™, ACS reagent, ≥99%
assay 99%	assay -	assay 97%	assay ≥99%
Quality Level 100	Quality Level 300	Quality Level 100	Quality Level 200
mp 157-159 °C (lit.)	mp 157-159 °C (lit.)	mp 205-207 °C (lit.)	mp 131-134 °C (lit.)
form powder	form -	form powder	form powder
bp 437.6 °C (lit.)	bp 437.6 °C (lit.)	bp 518 °C (lit.)	bp 284 °C (lit.)
Gene Information human ... CYP1A2(1544)	Gene Information -	Gene Information -	Gene Information -

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Pictograms

GHS08,GHS09

Signal Word

Danger

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point (°F)

Not applicable

Flash Point (°C)

Not applicable

Precautionary Statements

P201 - P202 - P273 - P308 + P313 - P391 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - PBT - vPvB

Hazard Codes

H350,H410,EUH441

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