Anthracene solubility dependence

Reported aqueous solubilities of benz[a]anthracene at various temperatures and reported temperature dependence equation... 

Dohanyosova, P., Dohnal, V., Fenclova, D. (2003) Temperature dependence of aqueous solubility of anthracenes accurate determination by a new generator column apparatus. Fluid Phase Equil. 214, 151-167. 

More work with other aromatic compounds will be necessary to verify this conclusion. However, the results for anthracene certainly suggest that the results obtained in the reaction are strongly dependent upon the aromatic substrate. The results obtained thus far also suggest that the reduction and subsequent alkylation of large polycyclic molecules, e.g., compounds such as pyrene, are not the most critical factors for the formation of soluble alkylation products. Studies of the molecular weight distributions and spectroscopic properties of the alkylation products obtained with different metals and different electron transfer agents are underway to resolve this issue. 

Figure B-4. Temperature dependence of the aqueous solubility of anthracene...

Laser flash photolysis has been used to determine the bimolecular rate constants for the reaction between O2 ( A ) and several lipid-soluble and water-soluble substrates.1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran and 9,10-anthracene dipropionic acid disodium salt were used as singlet oxygen monitors. Prutz and Maier report on the time dependence of various fluorescence bands from O2 O2 ( 2 ) was... 

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