Retene

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Retene
• CAS No.: 483-65-8
• Molecular Formula: C18H18
• Molecular Weight: 234.341
• European Community (EC) Number: 207-597-9
• NSC Number: 26317
• UNII: 0W2D2E1P9Q
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID7058701
• Nikkaji Number: J5.990K
• Wikipedia: Retene
• Wikidata: Q7316667
• Mol file: 483-65-8.mol

Synonyms:7-isopropyl-1-methylphenanthrene;retene

Chemical Property of Retene

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: Beige flakes
• Vapor Pressure: 5.34E-06mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: 95-97 °C(lit.)
• Refractive Index: 1.642
• Boiling Point: 391.998 °C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 177.812 °C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 1.046 g/cm³
• LogP: 5.42480
• XLogP3: 6.5
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 1
• Exact Mass: 234.140850574
• Heavy Atom Count: 18
• Complexity: 280

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

Retene ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: CC1=C2C=CC3=C(C2=CC=C1)C=CC(=C3)C(C)C
• Uses: Retene, methyl isopropyl phenanthrene or 1-methyl-7-isopropyl phenanthrene, C18H18, is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon present in the coal tar fraction, boiling above 360 °C. It occurs naturally in the tars obtained by the distillation of resinous woods.

Technology Process of Retene

There total 49 articles about Retene which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

pulp and paper-generated biowaste → fluoranthene (206-44-0) + Benzo[ghi]perylene (191-24-2) + Retene (483-65-8) + Coronene (191-07-1)

Guidance literature:

With air; at 976.85 ℃; Formation of xenobiotics;

DOI:10.1021/es990087s

Reference yield:

abietic acid (514-10-3) → Retene (483-65-8)

Guidance literature:

With sulfur; at 180 - 250 ℃;

Reference yield:

13β-Isopropyl-13α-methoxy-Δ7-podocarpen-15-ol (18509-00-7) → Retene (483-65-8)

Guidance literature:

palladium on activated charcoal; at 220 - 245 ℃;

DOI:10.1021/jo01254a031

upstream raw materials:

7-isopropyl-1-methyl-phenanthrene-9,10-dione

abietinol

abietic acid

levopimaric acid

Downstream raw materials:

1-methylphenanthrene

1-Methylnaphthalene

2-Methylnaphthalene

1-(8-methyl-[2]phenanthryl)-ethanone

Refernces

• 1、 Perold,Jeger. "". . p. 1085,1089. Retrieved 1949.
• 2、 Mcdonald, Jacob D.,Zielinska, Barbara,Fujita, Eric M.,Sagebiel, John C.,Chow, Judith C.,Watson, John G.. "Fine particle and gaseous emission rates from residential wood combustion". . p. 2080 - 2091. Retrieved 2007/10/03.
• 3、 Haslinger, Ernst,Steindl, Harald. "Thermal Decomposition of Maleopimaric Acid in the Presence of Selenium". . p. 1141 - 1144. Retrieved 2007/10/02.