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THE recent communication by Bergmann1 on the formation of fluoranthene from acenaphthylene and butadiene prompts us to report briefly two somewhat similar syntheses of the hydrocarbon which have been developed in our laboratories.
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CAMPBELL, N., GOW, R. & WANG, H. Fluoranthene Syntheses. Nature 162, 857 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162857a0
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