Acenaphthylene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. The molecule resembles naphthalene with positions 1 and 8 connected by a C2H2 unit. It is a yellow solid. Unlike many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, it has no fluorescence. ==Occurrence== Acenaphthylene occurs as about 2% of coal tar. It is produced industrially by dehydrogenation of acenapht...
C12H8 Molar mass: 152.19192
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.