{{Short description|Chemical compound}} {{Correct title|reason=bracket|edit=substitution|Benz[''a'']anthracene}} {{Chembox | Watchedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 459859965 |Name=Benz[''a'']anthracene |ImageFile=Benzanthracene.png |ImageSize=200px | ImageFile1 = Benz(a)anthracene molecule ball.png | ImageAlt1 = Ball-and-stick model of the benz[''a'']anthracene molecule | PIN = Tetraphene<ref name=iupac2013>{{cite book | title = Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book) | publisher = The Royal Society of Chemistry | date = 2014 | location = Cambridge | page = 208 | doi = 10.1039/9781849733069-FP001 | isbn = 978-0-85404-182-4| chapter = Front Matter }}</ref> |OtherNames = Benz[''a'']anthracene<br />Benzanthracene<br />Benzanthrene<br />1,2-Benzanthracene<br />Benzo[''b'']phenanthrene<br />Tetracyclo[8.8.0.0<sup>2,7</sup>.0<sup>12,17</sup>]octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene{{cn|date=May 2019}} |Section1= {{Chembox Identifiers | ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}} | ChEBI = 51348 | PubChem = 5954 | InChI = 1/C18H12/c1-2-7-15-12-18-16(11-14(15)6-1)10-9-13-5-3-4-8-17(13)18/h1-12H | InChIKey = DXBHBZVCASKNBY-UHFFFAOYAM | StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChI = 1S/C18H12/c1-2-7-15-12-18-16(11-14(15)6-1)10-9-13-5-3-4-8-17(13)18/h1-12H | StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChIKey = DXBHBZVCASKNBY-UHFFFAOYSA-N | CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}} | CASNo = 56-55-3 | ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}} | ChemSpiderID = 5739 | UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}} | UNII = C5PLF6152K | SMILES = c1ccc2c(c1)ccc3c2cc4ccccc4c3 | MeSHName= | KEGG_Ref = {{keggcite|correct|kegg}} | KEGG = C14317 }} |Section2= {{Chembox Properties | C=18 | H=12 | Appearance = White solid | Density= 1.19 g/cm<sup>3</sup> | MeltingPtC = 158 | BoilingPtC = 438 | Solubility= }} |Section3= {{Chembox Hazards | FlashPtC = 209.1 }} }}
'''Benz[''a'']anthracene''' or '''benzo[''a'']anthracene''' is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>12</sub>.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety|pages = 231–242|date=2002|publisher=Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA|isbn=9783527600410|language=en|doi=10.1002/3527600418.mb5655e0027|chapter = Benzo[a]anthracene [MAK Value Documentation, 2012]}}</ref> It is produced during incomplete combustion of organic matter.
Benz[''a'']anthracene is one of carcinogenic constituents of tobacco smoke.<ref name="TalhoutSchulz2011">{{cite journal|last1=Talhout|first1=Reinskje|last2=Schulz|first2=Thomas|last3=Florek|first3=Ewa|last4=Van Benthem|first4=Jan|last5=Wester|first5=Piet|last6=Opperhuizen|first6=Antoon|title=Hazardous Compounds in Tobacco Smoke|journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|volume=8|issue=12|year=2011|pages=613–628|issn=1660-4601|doi=10.3390/ijerph8020613|pmid=21556207|pmc=3084482|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==See also== * Tetracene, also known as benz[''b'']anthracene
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiledocs/index.html?id=122&tid=25 Toxic Substances Portal - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons] A resource summarizing many toxicological aspects of benzanthracene and other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
{{PAHs}} {{Aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulators}}
Category:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Category:IARC Group 2A carcinogens Category:Tetracyclic compounds Category:PBT substances