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INDENE, C9H8

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 371 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INDENE, C9H8 , a See also:hydrocarbon found in the fraction of the See also:coal See also:tar distillate boiling between 176° and182° C., and from which it may be extracted by means of its picrate (G. Kramer, A. Spilker, Ber., 1890, 23, p. 3276). It may also be obtained by distilling the See also:calcium See also:salt of hydrindene carboxylic See also:acid, See also:C6H4(See also:CH2)2•CH•000H. It is an oil which boils at 179.5°-18o• 5°, and has a specific gravity 1.04 (15° C.). Dilute nitric acid oxidizes it to See also:phthalic acid, and See also:sodium reduces it in alcoholic See also:solution to hydrindene, C9H10. A. v. See also:Baeyer and W. H. See also:Perkin (Ber., 1884, 17, p.

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