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1988 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Anthracene — production and uses
Authors : Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Heinz-Gerhard Franck, Dr. Jürgen Walter Stadelhofer
Published in: Industrial Aromatic Chemistry
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Anthracene was first discovered in coal tar by Jean B.A. Dumas and Auguste Laurent in 1832. The importance of anthracene for industrial aromatic chemistry began with the synthesis of the dyestuff alizarin by Carl Graebe and Carl Th. Liebermann, as well as by William H.Perkin in 1868, replacing the natural dye produced from madder. Anthraquinone dyestuffs have remained the most important class of dyes, alongside azo-dyes, since the beginning of the chemistry of synthetic dyestuffs.