Benzo[e]pyrene

• Formula: C₂₀H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 252.3093
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C20H12/c1-2-8-16-15(7-1)17-9-3-5-13-11-12-14-6-4-10-18(16)20(14)19(13)17/h1-12H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: TXVHTIQJNYSSKO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 192-97-2
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• Other names: 4,5-Benzopyrene; 4,5-Benzpyrene; B(e)P; Benzo(l)pyrene; Benz(e)pyrene; 9,10-Benzpyrene
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Murray, Pottie, et al., 1974
Murray, J.J.; Pottie, R.F.; Pupp, C., The vapor pressures and enthalpies of sublimation of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Can. J. Chem., 1974, 52, 557. [all data]

Casellato, Vecchi, et al., 1973
Casellato, F.; Vecchi, C.; Girell, A., Differential calorimetric study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Thermochim. Acta, 1973, 6, 4, 361, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(73)87003-0 . [all data]

Campbell, 1954
Campbell, A.D., J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 1954, 3659. [all data]

Jones and Neuworth, 1944
Jones, R.C.; Neuworth, M.B., The Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Hydrocarbon-Trinitrobenzene Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 1497. [all data]

Fieser and Fieser, 1935
Fieser, L.F.; Fieser, M., 1,2-Benzpyrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 782-3. [all data]

Fieser and Newman, 1935
Fieser, L.F.; Newman, M.S., The Choleic Acis of Certain Carcinogenic Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 1602-4. [all data]

Cook and Hewett, 1933
Cook, J.W.; Hewett, C.L., Synthesis of Compounds Related to the Serols, Bile Acids, and Estrus- producing Hormones I. 1,2-cyclopentenophenathrene, J. Chem. Soc., 1933, 1933, 1098-111. [all data]

Cook, Hewett, et al., 1933
Cook, J.W.; Hewett, C.L.; Hieger, I., Isolation of A Cancer-producing Hydrocarbon from Coal Tar II. Isolation of 1,2- and 4,5-Benzopyrenes, Perylene, and 1,5-Benzoanthracene, J. Chem. Soc., 1933, 1933, 396-8. [all data]

Cook, Hewett, et al., 1933, 2
Cook, J.W.; Hewett, C.L.; Hieger, I., Isolation of A Cancer-producing Hydrocarbon from Coal Tar III. Synthesis of 1,2- and 4,5-Benzopyrenes, J. Chem. Soc., 1933, 1933, 398-405. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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