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 POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS by GC: METHOD 5515, Issue 2, dated 15 August 1994 - Page 6 of 7

Table 1. Formulae and physical properties.

EMPIRICAL FORMULA

COMPOUND (by M.W.)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

NAPHTHALENE ACENAPHTHYLENE ACENAPHTHENE FLUORENE ANTHRACENE PHENANTHRENE FLUORANTHENE PYRENE BENZ[a]ANTHRACENE CHRYSENE BENZO[b]FLUORANTHENE BENZO[k]FLUORANTHENE BENZO[a]PYRENE BENZO[e]PYRENE BENZO[ghi]PERYLENE INDENO[1,2,3-cd]PYRENE DIBENZ[a,h]ANTHRACENE

C10H8 C12H8 C12H10 C13H10 C14H10 C14H10 C16H10 C16H10 C18H12 C18H12 C20H12 C20H12 C20H12 C20H12 C22H12 C22H12 C22H14

MOLECULAR WEIGHT

128.17 152.20 154.21 166.22 178.23 178.23 202.26 202.26 228.29 228.29 252.32 252.32 252.32 252.32 276.34 276.34 278.35

MELTING POINT (°C)*

BOILING POINT (°C)*

80.2 218 92-93 265-275 96.2 279 116 293-295 218 340 100 340 110 384* 156 393 162-167 435 255-256 448 168 -217 480 179 495 178-179 -273 -161.5-163 530 267 524

REF.

[10] [11] [11] [10] [10] [10] [10], [12] [10] [10] [10] [10] [11] [10] [10] [10] [9] [10]


 * Many of these compounds will sublime.

Table 2. Synonyms. COMPOUND (alphabetically)

1. 2. 3. 4.

ACENAPHTHENE ACENAPHTHYLENE ANTHRACENE BENZ[a]ANTHRACENE

5. BENZO[b]FLUORANTHENE

6. BENZO[k]FLUORANTHENE 7. BENZO[ghi]PERYLENE 8. BENZO[a]PYRENE 9. BENZO[e]PYRENE 10. CHRYSENE 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

DIBENZ[a,h]ANTHRACENE FLUORANTHENE FLUORENE INDENO[1,2,3-cd]PYRENE NAPHTHALENE PHENANTHRENE PYRENE

SYNONYMS

CAS# 83-32-9; RTECS# AB1000000 CAS# 208-96-8; RTECS# AB1254000 CAS# 120-12-7; RTECS# CA9350000 1,2-benzanthracene; benzo[b]phenanthrene; 2,3benzophenanthrene; tetraphene; CAS# 56-55-3; RTECS# CV9275000 3,4-benzofluoranthene; 2,3-benzofluoranthene; benz[e]acephenanthrylene; B[b]F; CAS # 205-99-2; RTECS# CU1400000 11,12-benzofluoranthene; CAS# 207-08-9; RTECS# DF6350000 1,12-benzoperylene; CAS# 191-24-2; RTECS# DI6200500 3,4-benzopyrene; 6,7-benzopyrene; B[a]P; BP; CAS# 50-32-8; RTECS# DJ3675000 1,2-benzopyrene; 4,5-benzopyrene; B[e]P; CAS# 192-97-2; RTECS# DJ4200000 1,2-benzophenanthrene; benzo[a]phenanthrene; CAS# 218-01-9; RTECS# GC0700000 1,2,5,6-dibenzanthracene; CAS# 53-70-3; RTECS# HN2625000 benzo[jk]fluorene; Idryl; CAS# 206-44-0; RTECS# LL4025000 o-biphenylenemethane; CAS# 86-73-7; RTECS# LL5670000 2,3-phenylenepyrene; CAS# 193-39-5; RTECS# NK9300000 naphthene; CAS# 91-20-3; RTECS# QJ0525000 CAS# 85-01-8; RTECS# SF7175000 benzo[def]phenanthrene; CAS# 129-00-0; RTECS# UR2450000

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