Definition of "acenaphthene" [acenaphthene]

• A hydrocarbon, found in coal tar, derived from naphthalene by the addition of a short aliphatic bridge. (noun)

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• "According to Gowanus Lounge the toxic chemicals Whole Foods will have to deal with include (but, hey are probably not limited to): volatile organic compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds (including napthalene and mixed xylenes), metals, benzene, acenaphthene, phenol and lead."
• "Naphthalene and acenaphthene can also be usefully hydrogenated with nickel."
• "Oil sands operations, however, produced the overwhelming bulk of several dangerous substances: for example, bitumen mines generated nearly all of the Canadian total of acenaphthene, one of a bevy of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons released around Fort McMurray."