Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Fluorenol is an alcohol derivative of fluorene. In the most significant isomer fluoren-9-ol or 9-hydroxyfluorene the hydroxy group is located on the bridging carbon between the two benzene rings. Hydroxyfluorene can be converted to fluorenone by oxidation. It is a white-cream colored solid at room temperature. It does not have known toxicity or carcinogenicity in humans.Fluorenol was patented as an insecticide in 1939 and is an algaecide against the green algae Dunaliella bioculata.
