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OF the various alkylbenzanthracenes, 4-methyl-1 : 2-benzanthracene aroused considerable interest through its pronounced carcinogenic activity1. The literature includes a few syntheses of this hydrocarbon2, but these methods are laborious since 
they involve numerous steps. We have now worked out a new route to this hydrocarbon in four steps starting from 2-allylcyclohexanone and tetralin, based on the method developed by Mukherji and co-workers3 for the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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VIG, O., KESSAR, S. & MUKHERJI, S. A Novel Synthesis of 4-Methyl-1 : 2-Benzanthracene. Nature 174, 834 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174834a0
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