Journal of the American Chemical Society

Preparation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Potential Carcinogens1

G Wolf

Index: Wolf Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 2673,2677

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Abstract

In order to test a hypothesis which postulates certain features of the phenanthrene ring system to be essential for hydrocarbon carcinogens, the following two hydrocarbons were synthesized: 1-methyl-3-isopropylphenanthrene by a route involving the Pschorr reaction; 6, 11-dimethylnaphthacene via hydroxynaphthacenequinone. An apparently general method for the preparation of $ alkyl dibenzfluorenes was found through isomerization of ...