Perhydropyrene is a hydrocarbon similar to pyrene. Single bonds with hydrogen replace the double bonds in the benzene rings.

Perhydropyrene
Skeletal formula of perhydropyrene
Ball-and-stick model of the perhydropyrene molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Hexadecahydropyrene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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  • InChI=1S/C16H26/c1-3-11-7-9-13-5-2-6-14-10-8-12(4-1)15(11)16(13)14/h11-16H,1-10H2 checkY
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  • InChI=1S/C16H26/c1-3-11-7-9-13-5-2-6-14-10-8-12(4-1)15(11)16(13)14/h11-16H,1-10H2
  • C2CCC3CCC1C4C(CCC1)CCC2C34
Properties
C16H26
Molar mass 218.384 g·mol−1
Density 0.962 g/mL
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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  • Ayub, Khurshid; Zhang, Rui; Robinson, Stephen G.; Twamley, Brendan; Williams, Richard Vaughan; Mitchell, Reginald H. (2008). "Suppressing the Thermal Metacyclophanediene to Dihydropyrene Isomerization: Synthesis and Rearrangement of 8,16-Dicyano(2.2)metacyclophane-1,9-diene and Evidence Supporting the Proposed Biradicaloid Mechanism". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73 (2): 451–6. doi:10.1021/jo7019459. PMID 18154301.
  • Mitchell, R (1996). "Synthesis of the elusive dibenzannelated dihydropyrene dibenzo(e,l)dimethyldihydropyrene, a molecular photo-switch". Tetrahedron Letters. 37 (30): 5239–5242. doi:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01074-X.