Naphthalene

• CAT Number: R022582
• CAS Number: 91-20-3
• Molecular Formula: C10H8
• Molecular Weight: 128.174
• Purity: ≥95%
• Synonyms: Albocarbon; Dezodorator; Moth flakes; NSC 37565; Tar camphor; White tar
• Storage: Store at RT
• IUPAC Name: naphthalene
• InChI: InChI=1S/C10H8/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h1-8H
• InChIKey: UFWIBTONFRDIAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: C1=CC=C2C=CC=CC2=C1

Naphthalene (CAS 91-20-3) was used in liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite in organic solvents for the production of graphene sheets. It was used in preparation of carbon-coated Si70Sn30 nanoparticles. It was used as fluorescent probe to study the aggregation behavior of sodium cholate.

Reference

1.Rinco, Olga, et al. "Probing the binding dynamics to sodium cholate aggregates using naphthalene derivatives as guests." Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2.11 (2003): 1140-1151.
2.Xu, Jiasheng, et al. "Liquid-phase exfoliation of graphene in organic solvents with addition of naphthalene." Journal of colloid and interface science 418 (2014): 37-42.
3.Kwon, YooJeong, and Jaephil Cho. "High capacity carbon-coated Si 70 Sn 30 nanoalloys for lithium battery anode material." Chemical communications 9 (2008): 1109-1111.