9,10-DIMETHYLANTHRACENE

Chemical properties

yellow crystals or crystalline powder

The Uses of 9,10-DIMETHYLANTHRACENE

9,10-Dimethylanthracene is used as an antioxidant-photosensitizer dual-loaded polymeric micelles with controllable production of reactive oxygen species. It is also used as chemical rate constant actinometer in singlet molecular oxygen reactions.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 104, p. 5807, 1982 DOI: 10.1021/ja00385a052
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 53, p. 2120, 1988 DOI: 10.1021/jo00244a056

General Description

9,10-Dimethylanthracene belongs to the class of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are generally used as potential starting materials for the synthesis of a variety of industrial chemicals.

Health Hazard

This compound caused lungs and skin tumorin mice at the site of application. Carcinogenicity in humans is unknown. It testedpositive in the histidine reversion–Amestest; the mammalian micronucleus test wasinconclusive.

Purification Methods

Purify 9,10-dimethylanthracene by crystallising from EtOH, and by recrystallising from the melt. [Beilstein 5 IV 2329.]