Yellow needles with greenish-yellow fluorescence (recrystallized
from petroleum ether); blue fluorescence in solution.
Benzo[ghi]fluoranthene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is used in analytical studies for the detection of carbon black mutagenicity.
ChEBI: Benzo[ghi]fluoranthene is a member of phenanthrenes.
Mutation data reported.Questionable carcinogen. When heated to decompositionit emits acrid smoke and irritating vapors.
Available data are inadequate to
evaluate the carcinogenicity of benzo[ghi]fluoranthene in
experimental animals.
