Hey I am looking to make an organic scintillator from Anthracene using a blue spectra high sensitivity wide area Photodiode. Anyone tell me how to
make anthracene?
C10H8 +___?___ = C14H10Dodoman - 8-1-2005 at 15:17
I don't quite understand your question but anthracene can be prepared from naphthalene. There is a method called Hawardth synthesis but it's
very complecated and I don't know of any other direct method.
Question is simple
Matsumoto_Hideki - 8-1-2005 at 15:21
ok, good So now that i know it is possible.. this is looking good. thanx
i am wanting to make an organic scintillator and I can't find Anthracene anywere so i will make it instead.guaguanco - 10-1-2005 at 13:51
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Originally posted by Dodoman
I don't quite understand your question but anthracene can be prepared from naphthalene. There is a method called Hawardth synthesis but it's
very complecated and I don't know of any other direct method.
If you are referring to the Haworth reaction, it looks like it produces phenanthrenes, not anthracenes:
There is an anthracene version of Haworth listed by google but its registered users only. I'd be guessing it works like dodoman thinks. Benzene
+ pthallic anhydride.
Pthallic acid can also be made by permanganate oxidation of napthalene and then dehydrated. Might be easier than vapour phase oxidation.
There are other methods to anthracene I can think of but they go via benzyl chloride, chiefly as byproducts of biphenyl synthesis and I'm not
sure how well this could be adapted.
