Talk:Phenanthrene

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Missing redirect
This page should be linked to the List of organic compounds page. Thank you! 24.202.46.85 (talk) 01:12, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Short list/mention of common phenanthrenes?
Specifically naturally occurring ones which are commonly used as bases for other more complex chemicals, namely morphinan, but others may be of note too like hasubanan, & etc. Nagelfar (talk) 03:55, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

The Lead
Doesn't require references, does it? Why is there a "citation required" tag? (I forgot my login details) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8000:104E:4100:177:77D3:6033:9779 (talk) 11:19, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Etymology
"The name 'phenanthrene' is a composite of phenyl and anthracene." Well, "phenyl" is already a composite of phen(e) + yl. Phene is an old name for an aromatic hydrocarbon, especially benzene, used by A. Laurent while V. Meyer used benzene; yl is just a standard suffix for hydrocarbon group or residue, but phenanthrene is not a residue. Some derivatives are named after phene as if it meant benzene: phen(e)yl (C6H5), phen(e)ol (C6H5OH), phen(e)oxide (C6H5O-). Thiophene was, initially, hard to be distinguished from benzene; when recognized to contain sulfur it was named accordingly but using phene (and then also selenophene, tellurophene), instead of benzene. Some refs in Italian Wikipedia.--31.156.209.165 (talk) 00:34, 31 August 2020 (UTC)