9-Fluorenone

CAS: 486-25-9

Ref. TR-F462780

Product Information

• Name: 9-Fluorenone
• Synonyms: fluoren-9-one, 9-Oxofluorene, 9H-Fluoren-9-one, 9H-Fluorene-9-one, Diphenylene ketone, Fluoren-9-Ona, Fluoren-9-on, Fluoren-9-one, Fluorene-9-One, Fluorenone, Nsc 5181

Description

Applications 9-Fluorenone is a polycyclic aromatic ketone that has photosensitizing properties and also has the ability to undergo electrochemical polymerization. 9-Fluorenone is used in industry as an initiator in visible-light cured resin systems. 9-Fluorenone has potentially toxic effects on humans, as exposure can cause DNA mutations.
References Cihaner, A., et al.: J. Elec. Chem., 568, 151 (2004); Li, Y., et al.: J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part B-A, 84, 58 (2008); Okamoto, H., et al.: Org. Lett., 13, 2758 (2011)

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 180.20
• Formula: C₁₃H₈O
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C13H8O/c14-13-11-7-3-1-5-9(11)10-6-2-4-8-12(10)13/h1-8H
• InChI key: InChIKey=YLQWCDOCJODRMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: O=C1c2ccccc2-c2ccccc21