Naphthalene, 1-ethyl-

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 156.2237
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H12/c1-2-10-7-5-8-11-6-3-4-9-12(10)11/h3-9H,2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZMXIYERNXPIYFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1127-76-0
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• Other names: α-Ethylnaphthalene; 1-Ethylnaphthalene
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References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Dimitrov, Popova, et al., 1966
Dimitrov, Khr.; Popova, Z.; Kasabova, E., Catalytic Conversion of α-Ethylnaphthalene to the β Form On An Aluminosilicate Catalyst, Compt. Rend. Acad. Bulgare Sci., 1966, 19, 511-4. [all data]

Hipsher and Wise, 1954
Hipsher, H.F.; Wise, P.H., Dicyclic Hydrocarbons VIII. 1-Alkylnaphthalenes and Some of Their Tetrahydro Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 1747-8. [all data]

Anderson, Smith, et al., 1953
Anderson, D.G.; Smith, J.C.; Rallings, R.J., J. Chem. Soc., 1953, 1953, 443. [all data]

Hipsher and Wise, 1951
Hipsher, H.F.; Wise, P.H., , Nat. Advis. Comm. Aeronaut., Tech. Notes, No. 2430, Lewis Flight Propulsion Lab., Cleveland, OH, 1951. [all data]

Bailey, Pickering, et al., 1949
Bailey, A.S.; Pickering, G.B.; Smith, J.C., Alkylnaphthalenes: III the n-butyl, amyl, and hexylnaphthalenes, J. Inst. Pet., 1949, 35, 103-17. [all data]

Othmer, Savitt, et al., 1949
Othmer, D.F.; Savitt, S.A.; Krasner, A.; Goldberg, A.M.; Markowitz, D., Composition of vapors from boiling binary solutions. Systems with m- or p-cresol as one component., Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 572. [all data]

Tatevosyan and Vardanyan, 1949
Tatevosyan, G.T.; Vardanyan, A.G., Polycyclic Hydroaromatic Ketones III. 3-Keto-1,2,3,11,12,12a-Hexahydrochrysene, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1949, 19, 332. [all data]

Morrell, Pickering, et al., 1948
Morrell, S.H.; Pickering, G.B.; Smith, J.C., Alkylnaphthalenes II. The Methyl-, Ethyl-, and Propylnaphthalenes, J. Inst. Pet., 1948, 34, 677. [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, D.R., Organic compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 517. [all data]

Gilman and Beaber, 1925
Gilman, H.; Beaber, N.J., The Alkylation of Mercaptans by Means of Sulfonic ESTERS, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 1449. [all data]

Gilman and Beaber, 1925, 2
Gilman, H.; Beaber, N.J., The Preparation of Hydrocarbons by Reaction Between Alkyl Sulfonates and Organomagnesium Halides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 518. [all data]

Gilman and Hoyle, 1922
Gilman, H.; Hoyle, R.E., A New Method for the Introduction of An Ethyl Group. The Reaction Between Organomagnesium Halides and Diethyl SUlfate, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1922, 44, 2621. [all data]

Clemmensen, 1913
Clemmensen, E., Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1913, 46, 1841. [all data]

Roux, 1887
Roux, L., Ann. Chim. Phys., 1887, 12, 289. [all data]

Marchetti, 1881
Marchetti, C., Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1881, 11, 439. [all data]

Fittig and Remsen, 1870
Fittig, R.; Remsen, J., Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1870, 155, 112. [all data]

Notes

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