Picene
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- For the language, see North Picene and South Picene.
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| Chemical name | Dibenzo[a,i]phenanthrene |
| Other names | Picene 3,4-Benzchrysene β,β-Binaphthylene ethene |
| Chemical formula | C22H14 |
| Molecular mass | 278.33 g/mol |
| CAS number | [213-46-7] |
| Density | ? g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 366-367 °C |
| Boiling point | 518-520 °C |
| SMILES | c12ccccc1c3c(c(ccc5c4cccc5)c4cc3)cc2 |
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Picene is a hydrocarbon found in the pitchy residue obtained in the distillation of peat tar and of petroleum. This is distilled to dryness and the distillate repeatedly recrystallized from cymene. It may be synthetically prepared by the action of anhydrous aluminium chloride on a mixture of naphthalene and 1,2-dibromoethane, or by distilling a-dinaphthostilbene. It crystallizes in large colorless plates which possess a blue fluorescence. It is soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid with a green color. Chromic acid in glacial acetic acid solution oxidizes it to picene-quinone, picene-quinone carboxylic acid, and finally to phthalic acid.
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- Merck Index, 11th Edition, 7368.
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