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BY fractionation of coal-tar on alumina, Berenblum and Schoental1 demonstrated that the fraction preceding and that following the one containing 3 : 4-benzpyrene were carcinogenic to rodents though free from spectrographically detectable amounts of 3 : 4-benzpyrene. Fractional crystallization of picrates from the fraction following the one containing 3 : 4-benzpyrene gave, among others, reddish-brown needles melting at 160–189° C. These picrates were decomposed by chromatography on alumina, and after repeated crystallizations from various solvents yielded yellow glistening scales, melting with some softening at 280° C.
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SCHOENTAL, R. Isolation of 3 : 4-9 : 10-Dibenzopyrene from Coal-Tar. Nature 180, 606 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180606a0
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