15815-48-2

Usage

Chemical structure

1,5-Dimethylanthracene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of three fused benzene rings with two methyl groups attached to the 1 and 5 positions of the central ring.

Physical state

It is a yellow crystalline solid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.

Chemical intermediate

Used in the synthesis of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and organic materials.

Research and development

Used in the study of photochemistry and as a model compound for studying the reactivity and properties of PAHs.

Hazardous substance

Due to its chemical structure and potential environmental and health impacts, 1,5-Dimethylanthracene is considered a hazardous substance.

Safety precautions

It should be handled and disposed of with proper safety precautions to minimize environmental and health risks.

Upstream product

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• 6406-96-8 1,5-dichloroanthracene 
• 676-58-4 methylmagnesium chloride 
• 15815-41-5 6-Methyl-2-(2-methyl-benzyl)-benzoesaeure 
• 15815-43-7 1,5-Dimethyl-anthron 
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• 57732-77-1 3-methyl-2-o-toluoyl-benzoic acid 
• 15815-39-1 1,5-dimethyl-9,10-anthraquinone 
• 917-64-6 methyl magnesium iodide 
• 860586-95-4 5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-anthracen-1-one 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis of 1,5-substituted anthracenes by means of Kumada coupling and their derivatization

Herein, we present a method to access a series of 1,5-functionalized anthracenes through Kumada coupling. All syntheses start from readily available 1,5-dichloroanthracene. The so-formed anthracenes are further derivatized to enable, for example, attachme

BINARY PHASE CHLORINATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WITH SOLID COPPER(II) CHLORIDE: REACTION MECHANISM.

Anthracene is selectively chlorinated with solid copper(II) chloride to give a quantitative yield of 9-chloroanthracene. The tentative reaction mechanisms so far proposed fail to explain the nonreactivity of some other hydrocarbon homologues, e. g. naphthalene and phenanthrene, toward copper(II) chloride. The present study revealed that the oxidative half-wave potentials (E//1/////2//0//x) of all reactive hydrocarbon homologues were less than 1. 26 V. On the basis of this finding the authors postulate a reaction mechanism involving one electron transfer from hydrocarbon to copper(II) chloride.