Acenaphthene (CAS 83-32-9) is a low-volatility polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) characterised by a fused naphthalene core with an ethylene bridge. It is supplied commercially as a white to pale-yellow crystalline solid in technical and high-purity grades. Typical industrial uses include function as an organic intermediate for specialty chemicals and dyes, material-science and polymer research, and as a reference/standard material in analytical laboratories. Select the grade and packaging appropriate to downstream process and regulatory expectations; request lot-specific Certificate of Analysis (CoA) and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) prior to procurement.
Applications & Descriptions
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Organic intermediate (dyes & pigments)
Used as an upstream feedstock or structural motif in synthesis of specialty dyes, pigments and related aromatic intermediates. -
Materials & polymer research
Employed in research and development as a building block or model PAH for materials science, polymer modification studies and thermal/photophysical investigations. -
Analytical standards & reference material
Supplied as a certified reference or laboratory reagent for method development, calibration and GC/LC reference libraries. -
Coal-tar and petroleum fraction derivative
Recovered or isolated from coal-tar fractions and used as a platform chemical in coal-tar derived product lines and chemical manufacturing. -
Specialty chemical synthesis
Used in selected fine-chemical routes and bespoke synthetic sequences where the acenaphthene skeleton is incorporated into higher-value molecules.
