2744. 1,2-Cyclopentenophenanthrene

Nomenclature

CAS number: 482-66-6
C17H14; mol wt 218.29.
C 93.54%, H 6.46%.

Description and references

Prepn: Ruzicka et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 16, 838 (1933), cf. Kon, J. Chem. Soc. 1933, 1081; Cook, Hewett, Chem. Ind. (London) 52, 451 (1933); Hawthorne, Robinson, J. Chem. Soc. 1936, 763; Bachmann, Kloetzel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 59, 2207 (1937).

Chemical structure

Properties

Needles from alc or petr ether, mp 135-136°. Absorption spectrum: Mayneord, Roe, Proc. R. Soc. London A152, 299 (1935).