Chemical Properties
Plates from acetone or acetic acid.
Uses
1,2-Benzofluorene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon which may act as an environmental pollutant.
Uses
11H-Benzo[a]fluorene has been used in a study on 7
H-benzo[
c]fluorine, major lung DNA adductor component in coal tar.
Definition
ChEBI: Benzo[a]fluorene is a carbotetracyclic compound.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 73, p. 3439, 1951
DOI: 10.1021/ja01151a130
Carcinogenicity
Benzo[a]fluorene gave negative
results in two-stage skin and subcutaneous carcinogenesis
tests in mice.