PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | 204-206 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point: | 358.25°C (estimate) |
| Density | 1.0561 (estimate) |
| refractive index | 1.6880 (estimate) |
| solubility | Soluble in benzene and chloroform (Weast, 1986) |
| form | Solid |
| pka | >14 (Schwarzenbach et al., 1993) |
| Water Solubility | 39ug/L(25 ºC) |
| BRN | 2042447 |
| InChI | 1S/C15H12/c1-11-6-7-14-9-12-4-2-3-5-13(12)10-15(14)8-11/h2-10H,1H3 |
| InChIKey | GYMFBYTZOGMSQJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES | Cc1ccc2cc3ccccc3cc2c1 |
| CAS DataBase Reference | 613-12-7 |
| EPA Substance Registry System | 2-Methylanthracene (613-12-7) |
Description and Uses
2-Methylanthracene (cas# 613-12-7) is a compound useful in organic synthesis.
Safety
| Symbol(GHS) | ![]() GHS09 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H400 |
| Precautionary statements | P273 |
| PPE | Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US) |
| Hazard Codes | Xi |
| Risk Statements | 41 |
| Safety Statements | 37/39-26 |
| RIDADR | UN 3077 9 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | 3 |
| RTECS | CB0680000 |
| Storage Class | 11 - Combustible Solids |
| Hazard Classifications | Aquatic Acute 1 |
| Toxicity | EC50 (48-h) for Daphnia pulex 96.0 μg/L (Smith et al., 1988). |







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