Acenaphthoquinone is a
quinone
The quinones are a class of organic compounds that are formally "derived from aromatic compounds uch as benzene or naphthalene
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by conversion of an even number of –CH= groups into –C(=O)– groups with any necessary rearrangement of double ...
derived from
acenaphthene. It is a water-
insoluble
In chemistry, solubility is the ability of a substance, the solute, to form a solution with another substance, the solvent. Insolubility is the opposite property, the inability of the solute to form such a solution.
The extent of the solubil ...
yellow solid. It is a precursor to some agrichemicals and dyes.
Preparation
The compound is prepared in the laboratory by oxidation of
acenaphthene with
potassium dichromate.
Commercially, oxidation is effected with peroxide. Over-oxidation gives
naphthalenedicarboxylic anhydride
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References
External links
National Pollutant Inventory - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fact Sheet
Quinones
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
Enones
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