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Usage

Chemical class

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)

Structure

Two fused rings and a ketone functional group

Molecular weight

292.33 g/mol

Physical state

Yellowish to light-brown solid

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents

Uses

Precursor in the synthesis of various organic compounds

Applications

Organic synthesis

Environmental and health studies

Potential toxicity and carcinogenicity as a PAH

Upstream product

• 19694-02-1 Pyrene-1-carboxylic acid 
• 66003-76-7 Diphenyliodonium triflate 
• 55009-76-2 1,8-dibenzoylpyrene 
• 54811-16-4 1,6-dibenzoylpyrene 
• 7376-03-6 phenylpyren-1-yl-methanone 
• 129-00-0 pyrene 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Palladium Catalyzed Regioselective Cyclization of Arylcarboxylic Acids via Radical Intermediates with Diaryliodonium Salts

Palladium-catalyzed C2-arylation/intramolecular acylation with arylcarboxylic acids was developed by using diaryliodonium salts. The protocol has the advantage of good step-economy by two chemical bonds formation in one pot.

In quest of reversibility of Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements in the pyrene series

Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements in PPA of diacetylpyrenes (80–120 °C), dibenzoylpyrenes (80–200 °C), and bis(4-flurobenzoyl)pyrenes (80–120 °C) and Scholl reactions in AlCl3/NaCl of dibenzoylpyrenes (140–200 °C) have been studied. The substrates were 1-AcPY, 2-AcPY, 1,3-Ac2PY, 1,6-Ac2PY, 1,8-Ac2PY, 2,7-Ac2PY, 1-BzPY, 1,6-Bz2PY, 1,8-Bz2PY, 1-4FBzPY, 1,6-4FBz2PY, 1,8-4FBz2PY. The mixtures of pyrene, 1-AcPY, 2-AcPY, 1,3-Ac2PY, 1,6-Ac2PY, 1,8-Ac2PY, and 2,7-Ac2PY were separated by HPLC. The following reversible intermolecular isomerizations were established: 1,6-Ac2PY ? 1,8-Ac2PY, 1,6-Bz2PY ? 1,8-Bz2PY, and 1,6-4'FBz2PY ? 1,8-4'FBz2PY, albeit not in high yields. The results substantiate Gore’s 1955 proposition that “The Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction of reactive aromatic hydrocarbons is a reversible process.” The isomerizations reported here differ from the few previously reported completely reversible intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements. At ≥ 140 °C, in PPA and in AlCl3/NaCl, 1,6-Bz2PY and 1,8-Bz2PY underwent a highly regioselective double Scholl reaction to give pyranthrone (3) and deacylations to 1-BzPy (and pyrene), followed by mono-Scholl reactions to give 8H-dibenzo[def,qr]chrysen-8-one (1), and 11H-indeno[2,1-a]pyren-11-one (2). The formation of 3 and not the expected tribenzo[a,ghi,o]perylene-7,16-dione (4) from 1,8-Bz2PY indicates that 1,8-Bz2PY has first undergone isomerization to 1,6-Bz2PY. The present study confirms the linkage between Friedel-Crafts acyl rearrangements and the Scholl reaction.