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| Preferred IUPAC name
 1-Fluoronaphthalene  | |
| Other names
 α-fluoronaphthalene  | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.005.717 | 
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| Properties | |
| C 10H 7F  | |
| Appearance | Colorless liquid | 
| Melting point | −13 °C (9 °F; 260 K) | 
| Boiling point | 215 °C (419 °F; 488 K) | 
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| Flash point | 65 °C (149 °F; 338 K) | 
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). 
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1-Fluornaphthalene is an organofluorine chemical compound from the group of naphthalene derivatives and fluoroaromatics. Its chemical formula is C
10H
7F.[1]
Synthesis
1-Fluoronaphthalene can be obtained by reacting naphthalene with Selectfluor.[2]
Properties
1-Fluoronaphthalene is a colorless, combustible liquid, which is insoluble in water.[3]
Applications
1-Fluoronaphthalene was used for the tert-butyllithium-mediated synthesis of 6-substituted phenanthridines. It has also been used in the synthesis of LY248686, a potent inhibitor of serotonin and norepinephrine uptake.
1-Fluoronaphthalene is also used as a component of the Organic Check Material mounted in canisters on Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. It's used for calibrating the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite, being a synthetic organic compound not found in nature on Earth and not expected on Mars.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "1-Fluoronaphthalene". Sigma Aldrich. sigmaaldrich.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
 - ↑ Atta-Ur-Rahman (2006). Advances in Organic Synthesis: Modern Organofluorine Chemistry-Synthetic Aspects. Bentham Science Publishers. p. 246. ISBN 1-60805-198-6.
 - ↑ "1-FLUORONAPHTHALENE". CAMEO Chemicals. cameochemicals.noaa.gov. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Sampling System". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
 

