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Usage

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 87, p. 874, 1965 DOI: 10.1021/ja01082a030

InChI:InChI=1/C15H11NO/c16-14-11-8-4-5-9-12(11)15(17)13(14)10-6-2-1-3-7-10/h1-9,13,16H/b16-14+/t13-/m1/s1

Upstream product

• 83-12-5 phenindione 
• 631-61-8 ammonium acetate 
• 93-89-0 benzoic acid ethyl ester 
• 140-29-4 phenylacetonitrile 
• 5415-07-6 3-oxo-2,3-diphenyl-propionitrile 
• 440361-82-0 2-phenyl-3-(triphenylphosphoranylideneamino)-indan-1-one 
• 85-44-9 phthalic anhydride 
• 40920-46-5 3-chloro-2-phenyl-1-indenone 
• 440361-81-9 3-azido-2-phenylindan-1-one 
• 93-58-3 benzoic acid methyl ester 

Downstream Products

• 40920-46-5 3-chloro-2-phenyl-1-indenone 
• 1953-72-6 2,3-Dichlor-2-phenyl-indan-1-on 
• 3014-48-0 3-Diacetylamino-2-phenyl-indenon 
• 1953-62-4 3-Acetylamino-2-phenyl-indenon 
• 1610362-48-5 1-((3S,4R)-4-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-1-(2-methoxyethyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl)-3-(1-oxo-2-phenyl-1H-inden-3-yl)urea 
• 2775-28-2 2,3-Bis-propionyloxy-2-phenyl-indan-1-on 

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