2197. Cholanthrene

Nomenclature

CAS number: 479-23-2
1,2-Dihydrobenz[j]aceanthrylene.
C20H14; mol wt 254.33.
C 94.45%, H 5.55%.

Description and references

Synthesis from 1-β-naphthylhydrindene: Cook et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1935, 667; from 4-indanyl-MgBr and 1-naphthoyl chloride: Fieser, Seligman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 57, 2174 (1935).

Chemical structure

Properties

Faintly yellow plates from benzene + ether, mp 173°. Sublimes 210-215° at 0.2 mm Hg. Absorption max: Fieser, Hershberg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 60, 940 (1938). Sol in benzene, xylene, toluene. Slightly sol in methanol. Insol in water. May be solubilized by aq solns of Na desoxycholate.

Derivative

Molecular complex with 2,4,7-trinitrofluorenone.

Properties

Olive green crystals, mp 245-246°: Orchin, Woolfolk, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 68, 1727 (1946).