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of the compound by oxidizing it first to a corresponding quinone and then to diphenic acid, and soon Graebe confirmed it by a synthesis from stilbene.

Prior to February 1873 Fittig sent a letter to Graebe where he proposed to name the hydrocarbon phenanthrene in order to account for its similarity to biphenyl and anthracene, which was swiftly

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