The Journal of organic chemistry

High-temperature behavior of 1, 8-diethynylanthracene. Benz [mno] aceanthrylene, a transient intermediate for cyclopenta [cd] pyrene

M Sarobe, LW Jenneskens

Index: Sarobe, Martin; Jenneskens, Leonardus W. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 62, # 23 p. 8247 - 8250

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Abstract

The awareness that the genotoxicity of combustion exhausts can be accounted for by the presence of a small number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), of which cyclopenta-fused derivatives (CP-PAHs), such as cyclopenta [cd] pyrene (6), 1 pose an extraordinary biohazard, 2 has made the elucidation of CP-PAH formation mechanisms under high-temperature conditions a topical issue. 3 Additional impetus is given by the ...