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Chemical Properties
colourless to faintly yellow liquid
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Uses
Indane, is used as a catalytic agent, Petrochemical additive, used in organic synthesis. It is also used as pharmaceutical and chemical intermediate.
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Uses
Organic synthesis.
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Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 111, p. 314, 1989 DOI: 10.1021/ja00183a048
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 41, p. 1184, 1976 DOI: 10.1021/jo00869a022
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Hazard
Irritant to skin and eyes.
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Source
Detected in distilled water-soluble fractions of 87 octane gasoline (0.40 mg/L), 94 octane
gasoline (0.23 mg/L), Gasohol (0.50 mg/L), No. 2 fuel oil (0.05 mg/L), jet fuel A (0.15 mg/L), and
diesel fuel (0.06 mg/L) (Potter, 1996). Based on laboratory analysis of 7 coal tar samples, indan
concentrations ranged from ND to 3,800 ppm (EPRI, 1970).
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Environmental Fate
Photolytic. Gas-phase reaction rate constants for OH radicals, NO3 radicals, and ozone at 24 °C
were 1.9 x 10-11, 6.6 x 10-15, and <3 x 10-19 cm3/molecule?sec, respectively (Kwok et al., 1997).
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Purification Methods
Shake indane with conc H2SO4, then water, dry and fractionally distil it. [Beilstein 5 H 486, 5 I 234, 5 II 376, 5 III 1200, 5 IV 1371.]
