Journal of the American Chemical Society

Synthesis of 1', 9-Methylene-1, 2-benzanthracene and Related Hydrocarbons

LF Fieser, J Cason

Index: Fieser; Cason Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1939 , vol. 61, p. 1740,1742

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Citation Number: 7

Abstract

It seemed of interest for a number of reasons to synthesize 1', 9-methylene-l, 2- benzanthracene (111) and investigate its chemical properties and possible biological actions. Like the as yet unknown2 11, 9-dimethyl compound, the hydrocarbon may constitute a simplified model of the highly reactive and powerfully carcinogenic 3, 4-benzpyrene, and the presence of a methylene group at the meso position 9 may confer upon the substance ...