Fluoranthene

• Formula: C₁₆H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 202.2506
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H10/c1-2-8-13-12(7-1)14-9-3-5-11-6-4-10-15(13)16(11)14/h1-10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GVEPBJHOBDJJJI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 206-44-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Benzacenaphthylene
• Other names: Benzene, 1,2-(1,8-naphthalenediyl)-; Benzo[jk]fluorene; Idryl; 1,2-(1,8-Naphthylene)benzene; Benzene, 1,2-(1,8-naphthylene)-; 1,2-Benzacenaphthene; 1,2-(1,8-Naphthalenediyl)benzene; Rcra waste number U120; 1,2-(1,8-Naphthalene)benzene; Fluoranthrene; NSC 6803
• Information on this page:
  • Henry's Law data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
• Other data available:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • Gas Chromatography
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Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to C₁₆H₁₀⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

Proton affinity at 298K

Gas basicity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Michl, 1969
Michl, J., Electronic Spectrum of Fluoranthene, J. Molec. Spectros., 1969, 30, 1-3, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(69)90236-7 . [all data]

Aue, Guidoni, et al., 2000
Aue, D.H.; Guidoni, M.; Betowski, L.D., Ab initio calculated gas-phase basicities of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 201, 283. [all data]

Ling and Lifshitz, 1995
Ling, Y.; Lifshitz, C., Time-dependent mass spectra and breakdown graphs. 19. Fluoranthene, J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 11074. [all data]

Boschi, Clar, et al., 1974
Boschi, R.; Clar, E.; Schmidt, W., Photoelectron spectra of polynuclear aromatics. III. The effect of nonplanarity in sterically overcrowded aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 4406. [all data]

Dewar, Haselbach, et al., 1970
Dewar, M.J.S.; Haselbach, E.; Worley, S.D., Calculated and observed ionization potentials of unsaturated polycyclic hydrocarbons; calculated heats of formation by several semiempirical s.c.f. m.o. methods, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), 1970, A315, 431. [all data]

Slifkin and Allison, 1967
Slifkin, M.A.; Allison, A.C., Measurement of ionization potentials from contact charge transfer spectra, Nature, 1967, 215, 949. [all data]

Streitwieser and Suzuki, 1961
Streitwieser, A., Jr.; Suzuki, S., An HMO treatment of the reduction of aromatic hydrocarbons with alkali metals; reduction of fluoranthene, Tetrahedron, 1961, 16, 153-168. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K

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