Indane
Skeletal formula
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Other names
Indan
Benzocyclopentane
Hydrindene
[ 1] 2,3-Dihydroindene
[ 1]
Identifiers
1904376
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard
100.007.105
67817
UNII
InChI=1S/C9H10/c1-2-5-9-7-3-6-8(9)4-1/h1-2,4-5H,3,6-7H2
Y Key: PQNFLJBBNBOBRQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Y InChI=1/C9H10/c1-2-5-9-7-3-6-8(9)4-1/h1-2,4-5H,3,6-7H2
Key: PQNFLJBBNBOBRQ-UHFFFAOYAW
Properties
C9 H10
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).
Chemical compound
Indane or indan is an organic compound with the formula C9 H10 . 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]
^ a b Hawley, Gessner G. (1977). The Condensed Chemical Dictionary . Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. p. 464. ISBN 0-442-23240-3 .
^ 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 .
^ 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