Acenaphthene (1,2-Dihydro Acenaphthylene)

• CAT Number: R049364
• CAS Number: 83-32-9
• Molecular Formula: C12H10
• Molecular Weight: 154.212
• Purity: ≥95%
• Synonyms: Acenaphthene; 1,2-Dihydroacenaphthylene; 1,8-Ethylenenaphthalene; NSC 7657; Naphthyleneethylene; peri-Ethylenenaphthalene
• Storage: -20°C
• IUPAC Name: 1,2-dihydroacenaphthylene
• InChI: InChI=1S/C12H10/c1-3-9-4-2-6-11-8-7-10(5-1)12(9)11/h1-6H,7-8H2
• InChIKey: CWRYPZZKDGJXCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: C1CC2=CC=CC3=C2C1=CC=C3

Acenaphthene (1,2-Dihydro Acenaphthylene) (CAS 83-32-9) forms 1:1:1 inclusion compound by complexing with inclusion compound of β-cyclodextrin and alcohol. It is a useful chemical for synthesis. 

Reference

1.Hamai, Sanyo. "Room-temperature phosphorescence from 1: 1: 1 inclusion compounds of. beta.-cyclodextrin with brominated alcohols and acenaphthene." Journal of the American Chemical Society 111.11 (1989): 3954-3957. 
2.Atkinson, Roger, and Sara M. Aschmann. "Kinetics of the reactions of acenaphthene and acenaphthylene and structurally‐related aromatic compounds with OH and NO3 radicals, N2O5 and O3 at 296±2 K." International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 20.7 (1988): 513-539.