title: Synthesis of uniformly 13C-labeled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: Convergent synthetic pathways were devised for efficient synthesis of a series of uniformly (13)C labeled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons de novo from U-(13)C-benzene and other simple commercially-available (13)C-starting compounds. All target products were obtained in excellent yields, including the alternant PAH U-(13)C-naphthalene, U-(13)C-phenanthrene, U-(13)C-anthracene, U-(13)C-benz[a]anthracene, U-(13)C-pyrene and the nonalternant PAH U-(13)C-fluoranthene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, CB7431, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Zhenfa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ramiah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sangaiah
authors.forename: Avram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009284:Naphthols / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D009284:Naphthols; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C034020:anthracene