
%0 Journal Article
%A Wilshire, JFK 
%T The Pyrolysis of 1-Phenyltetralin
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1962/09/01
%V 15
%N 3
%P 538-547
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9620538
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9620538 
%X The pyrolysis of 1-phenyltetralin at 700 °C has been investigated, and mechanisms are advanced for the formation of the compounds found in the pyrolysate. For comparison, tetralin and hydrindene were pyrolysed at 700 °C under the same conditions as the 1-phenyltetralin. The presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coal tar may be due to the thermal breakdown both of hydroaromatic and of aliphatic structures in the parent coal. 
