Chemical Property of Acenaphthene
Chemical Property:
- Appearance/Colour:white or pale yellow crystalline powder
- Vapor Pressure:10 mm Hg ( 131 °C)
- Melting Point:90-94 °C(lit.)
- Refractive Index:1.6048
- Boiling Point:278.999 °C at 760 mmHg
- Flash Point:135.257 °C
- PSA：0.00000
- Density:1.043 g/cm3
- LogP:2.93840
- Storage Temp.:APPROX 4°C
- Solubility.:chloroform: 50 mg/mL, clear
- Water Solubility.:0.000347 g/100 mL
- XLogP3:3.9
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:0
- Rotatable Bond Count:0
- Exact Mass:154.078250319
- Heavy Atom Count:12
- Complexity:155
- Transport DOT Label:Class 9
- Purity/Quality:
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99% *data from raw suppliers
Acenaphthene(1,2-DihydroAcenaphthylene) *data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
Xi, 
N, 
T, 
F, 
Xn
- Hazard Codes:Xi,N,T,F,Xn
- Statements:
36/37/38-50/53-39/23/24/25-23/24/25-11-52/53-67-65-38-51/53-20
- Safety Statements:
26-36/37/39-60-61-37/39-45-36/37-16-7-62-36-33-25-9
- MSDS Files:
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SDS file from LookChem
Total 1 MSDS from other Authors
Useful:
- Chemical Classes:Other Classes -> Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Canonical SMILES:C1CC2=CC=CC3=C2C1=CC=C3
- Inhalation Risk:A harmful concentration of airborne particles can be reached quickly when dispersed.
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Description
Acenaphthene is a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and crystalline solid at ambient
temperature. Acenaphthene does not dissolve in water but is soluble in many organic
solvents. Acenaphthene is a component of crude oil and a product of combustion.
Acenaphthene occurs in coal tar produced during the high-temperature carbonisation
or coking of coal. It is used as a dye intermediate in the manufacture of some plastics
and as an insecticide and fungicide. Acenaphthene is a component of crude oil
and a product of combustion which may be produced and released to the environment
during natural fires. Emissions from petroleum refining, coal tar distillation, coal
combustion, and diesel-fuelled engines are major contributors of acenaphthene to the
environment. Acenaphthene is an environmental pollutant and has been detected in
cigarette smoke, automobile exhausts, and urban air; in effluents from petrochemical,
pesticide, and wood preservative industries; and in soils, groundwater, and surface
waters at hazardous waste sites. Acenaphthene is one among a number of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on U.S. EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency)
priority pollutant list.
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Physical properties
White crystalline solid or orthorhombic bipyramidal needles from alcohol. Coal tar-like odor. The
lowest odor threshold concentration in water that may result in rejection of contaminated water
ranged from 0.02 to 0.22 ppm (Lillard and Powers, 1975). In Wisconsin, the taste and odor
threshold concentration in water that is nontoxic to humans is 20 μg/L (ATSDR, 1995).
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Uses
Acenaphthene occurs in petroleum bottoms and is used as a
dye intermediate, insecticide, and fungicide and in
manufacturing plastics. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as carcinogenic Dye intermediate; manufacture of plastics; insecticide; fungicide.
