Indane

This article is about the hydrocarbon. For the binary compound of hydrogen and indium, see Indium trihydride. For other uses, see Indane (disambiguation).
Indane
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model of the indane molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2,3-Dihydro-1H-indene[2]
Other names
Indan
Benzocyclopentane
Hydrindene[1]
2,3-Dihydroindene[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1904376
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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67817
UNII
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  • InChI=1/C9H10/c1-2-5-9-7-3-6-8(9)4-1/h1-2,4-5H,3,6-7H2
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  • c1ccc2c(c1)CCC2
Properties
C9H10
Molar mass 118.176 g/mol
Appearance colorless liquid
Density 0.9645 g/cm3
Melting point −51.4 °C (−60.5 °F; 221.8 K)
Boiling point 176.5 °C (349.7 °F; 449.6 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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Indane or indan is an organic compound with the formula C9H10. It is a colorless liquid hydrocarbon. It is a petrochemical, a bicyclic compound. It occurs at the level of about 0.1% in coal tar. It is usually produced by hydrogenation of indene.[3]

  1. ^ a b Hawley, Gessner G. (1977). The Condensed Chemical Dictionary. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. p. 464. ISBN 0-442-23240-3.
  2. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 602. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  3. ^ Karl Griesbaum, Arno Behr, Dieter Biedenkapp, Heinz-Werner Voges, Dorothea Garbe, Christian Paetz, Gerd Collin, Dieter Mayer, Hartmut Höke "Hydrocarbons" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2002 Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a13_227