Abstract: The first systematic study of the sites of electrophilic substitution (acylation and/or bromination) of polycyclic fluoranthene hydrocarbons is described. The hydrocarbons studied include indeno [1, 2, 3-cd] pyrene (l), benz [a] aceanthrylene (2), benz [e] acephenanthrylene (3), and indeno [1, 2, 3-hi] chrysene (4). Compounds 1-4 all undergo bromination regioselectively in a single site. The latter are determined by conversion of ...
![1-(indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyren-12-yl)ethanol Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/008/120362-73-4.png)
![12-bromoindeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/046/120362-72-3.png)
