Tetralin, 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydronaphthalene, 99.0+%

Tetralin (1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene) is a hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H12. This molecule is similar to the naphthalene chemical structure except that one ring is saturated.

The compound can be synthesized in a Bergman cyclization. In a classic named reaction called the Darzens tetralin synthesis derivatives can be prepared by intramolecular ring-closing reaction of an 1-aryl-4-pentene with concentrated sulfuric acid or simply through the hydrogenation of naphthalene in the presence of a platinum catalyst.

Tetralin is used as a solvent. It is also used for the laboratory synthesis of dry HBr gas.