6380. Naphthalic Acid

Nomenclature

CAS number: 518-05-8
1,8-Naphthalenedicarboxylic acid.
C12H8O4; mol wt 216.19.
C 66.67%, H 3.73%, O 29.60%.

Description and references

Made by the oxidation of acenaphthene with chromic acid mixture, etc.: Graebe, Gfeller, Ber. 25, 652 (1895); Ogilvie, Wilder, US 2379032 (1945 to Allied Chem.); Karishin, Fedorenko, Zh. Prikl. Khim. 29, 955 (1956), C.A. 50, 14677b (1956).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals, mp 270°. Practically insol in water; freely sol in warm alcohol, slightly in ether.