{{About|the hydrocarbon|the binary compound of hydrogen and indium|Indium trihydride|other uses}} {{chembox | Watchedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 443871122 | ImageFile=Indane structure.svg | ImageClass = skin-invert-image | ImageSize=170px | ImageName=Skeletal formula | ImageFile1=Indane 3D ball.png | ImageClass1=bg-transparent | ImageSize1=200px | ImageAlt1=Ball-and-stick model of the indane molecule | PIN = 2,3-Dihydro-1''H''-indene<ref>{{cite book |author=International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |date=2014 |title=Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 |publisher=The Royal Society of Chemistry |page=602 |doi=10.1039/9781849733069 |isbn=978-0-85404-182-4}}</ref> | OtherNames = Indan<br />Benzocyclopentane<br /> Hydrindene<ref name="hawley-1977-p464">{{cite book|author=Hawley, Gessner G.|title=The Condensed Chemical Dictionary|publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold Company|year=1977|isbn=0-442-23240-3|page=464}}</ref><br />2,3-Dihydroindene<ref name="hawley-1977-p464" /> |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers | ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}} | ChemSpiderID = 9903 | InChI = 1/C9H10/c1-2-5-9-7-3-6-8(9)4-1/h1-2,4-5H,3,6-7H2 | InChIKey = PQNFLJBBNBOBRQ-UHFFFAOYAW | ChEMBL_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}} | ChEMBL = 370687 | StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChI = 1S/C9H10/c1-2-5-9-7-3-6-8(9)4-1/h1-2,4-5H,3,6-7H2 | StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChIKey = PQNFLJBBNBOBRQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N | CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}} | CASNo=496-11-7 | UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}} | UNII = H9SCX043IG | PubChem=10326 | ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}} | ChEBI = 37911 | SMILES = c1ccc2c(c1)CCC2 | Beilstein = 1904376 | Gmelin = 67817 }} |Section2={{Chembox Properties | Formula=C<sub>9</sub>H<sub>10</sub> | MolarMass=118.176 g/mol | Appearance=colorless liquid | Density=0.9645 g/cm<sup>3</sup> | MeltingPtC=-51.4 | BoilingPtC=176.5 | Solubility= }} |Section3={{Chembox Hazards | MainHazards= | FlashPt= | AutoignitionPt = }} }}

'''Indane''' or '''indan''' is an organic compound with the formula C<sub>9</sub>H<sub>10</sub>. 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. Many modified '''indanes''' are known.

==Production of indane skeleton== Indane itself is usually produced by hydrogenation of indene.<ref name=Ullmanns>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}}</ref> More complex indanes are produced by cyclization of phenylpropionic acid and related compounds under Friedel-Crafts reaction conditions. Such routes afford 1-indanone, which can be reduced to indanol or the indane. 2-Bromoaryl derivatives with unsaturated substituents undergo Heck reactions (palladium-catalyzed) involving formal loss of HBr and cyclization to indanes and indenes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gabriele |first1=Bartolo |last2=Mancuso |first2=Raffaella |last3=Veltri |first3=Lucia |title=Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Indanes and Indenes |journal=Chemistry – A European Journal |date=2016 |volume=22 |issue=15 |pages=5056–5094 |doi=10.1002/chem.201503933 |pmid=26788795 |bibcode=2016ChEuJ..22.5056G }}</ref> Enantioselective routes to chiral indanes and indenes are also available.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Borie |first1=Cyril |last2=Ackermann |first2=Lutz |last3=Nechab |first3=Malek |title=Enantioselective syntheses of indanes: From organocatalysis to C–H functionalization |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |date=2016 |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=1368–1386 |doi=10.1039/c5cs00622h |pmid=26728953 }}</ref> Routes to the hydroindanes are also relevant.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hong |first1=Bor-Cherng |last2=Sarshar |first2=Sepehr |title=Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Indan Systems. A Review |journal=Organic Preparations and Procedures International |date=1999 |volume=31 |pages=1–86 |doi=10.1080/00304949909355675}}</ref>

==Derivatives== Derivatives include 1- and 2-methylindanes (where a methyl group is attached to the five carbon ring) as well as 4- and 5-methylindanes (where a methyl group is attached to the benzene ring). Various dimethylindanes are known. 1,1,3,3-Tetramethylindane is produced commercially.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fiege |first1=Helmut |last2=Voges |first2=Heinz-Werner |last3=Hamamoto |first3=Toshikazu |last4=Umemura |first4=Sumio |last5=Iwata |first5=Tadao |last6=Miki |first6=Hisaya |last7=Fujita |first7=Yasuhiro |last8=Buysch |first8=Hans-Josef |last9=Garbe |first9=Dorothea |last10=Paulus |first10=Wilfried |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |chapter=Phenol Derivatives |date=2000 |doi=10.1002/14356007.a19_313 |isbn=978-3-527-30385-4 }}</ref>

Many indanes can be prepared by reactions of indane with electrophiles, which attack the 5-position (on the benzene ring). For example, sulfonation gives indane-5-sulfonic acid. Base hydrolysis of which gives 5-indanol.<ref>{{cite journal |title=(S)-Tetrahydro-1-Methyl-3,3-Diphenyl-1H,3H-Pyrrolo-&#91;1,2-c&#93;&#91;1,3,2&#93;Oxazaborole-Borane Complex |journal=Organic Syntheses |date=1997 |volume=74 |page=50 |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.074.0050}}</ref>

A family of indane derivatives are empathogen-entactogens. They are very close derivatives of other empathogen-entactogens such as MDMA and MDA. Examples include MDAI and MDMAI.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 1967651| year = 1990| last1 = Nichols| first1 = D. E| title = Nonneurotoxic tetralin and indan analogues of 3,4-(methylenedioxy)amphetamine (MDA)| journal = Journal of Medicinal Chemistry| volume = 33| issue = 2| pages = 703–10| last2 = Brewster| first2 = W. K| last3 = Johnson| first3 = M. P| last4 = Oberlender| first4 = R| last5 = Riggs| first5 = R. M| doi=10.1021/jm00164a037}}</ref> Other derivatives include 2-aminoindane, NM-2-AI and the 5-iodo derivative 5-IAI.

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Indane can be used to prepare 5-propionylindane [63998-49-2].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Arnold, R. T. |author2=Barnes, R. A. | journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society | title=The Jacobsen Rearrangement. VIII. 1 Cyclic Systems; Mechanism | volume=66 | issue=6 | pages=960–964 | date= June 1944 | url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01234a036 | doi=10.1021/ja01234a036 | access-date=4 November 2025| url-access=subscription }}</ref> Nitration of indane gives 4-nitroindane. Reduction of the nitro group then gives 4-aminoindane.<ref>Neelu Kaila, et al. WO2005047258 (2005 to Wyeth LLC).</ref> This compound finds use in the synthesis of an agent that is called Indanazoline [40507-78-6].<ref>May HJ. [Synthesis of N-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)-N-(4-indanyl)amine (indanazoline) (author's transl)]. Arzneimittelforschung. 1980;30(10):1733-7. PMID: 7192113.</ref><ref>DE2136325 idem Alex Berg, Hans-Joachim May, {{US patent|3882229}} (1975 to Nordmark Werke Gmbh).</ref> Another compound that is made from indane proper is called Sulofenur (LY181984) [110311-27-8].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Howbert, J. J. |author2=Grossman, C. S. |author3=Crowell, T. A. |author4=Rieder, B. J. |author5=Harper, R. W. |author6=Kramer, K. E. |author7=Tao, E. V. |author8=Aikins, J. |author9=Poore, G. A. | journal=Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | title=Novel agents effective against solid tumors: the diarylsulfonylureas. Synthesis, activities, and analysis of quantitative structure-activity relationships | volume=33 | issue=9 | pages=2393–2407 | date= September 1990 | url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm00171a013 | doi=10.1021/jm00171a013| url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>Gerald A. Poore, {{US patent|5116874}} (1992 to Eli Lilly And Company).</ref> Glyhexamide [451-71-8] is another example of such a compound prepared from indane starting material. Glidazamide [3074-35-9] is a further example of sulfonyl urea prepared from indaneGlyhexamide and glidazamide are typical sulfonylurea antidiabetics (hypoglycemics), whereas Sulofenur has anticarcinogenic properties.

Hydrogenation of indane gives the saturated derivative hydrindane.<ref name="LNorman">{{citation|author=Norman L. Allinger, James L. Coke |date=1960 |doi=10.1021/ja01495a039 |issue=10 |pages=2553–2556 |periodical=Journal of the American Chemical Society |title=The Relative Stabilities of cis and trans Isomers. VII. The Hydrindanes 1,2 |volume=82}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

==See also== * Indene * 1,3-Indanedione, a popular starting compound

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