1,4-Di(Methyl-d3)-naphthalene

Use

1,4-Di(methyl-d3)-naphthalene has been used in the preparation of di(trideuteriomethyl)naphthalene derivatives. 1,4-Di(methyl-d3)-naphthalene is a labeled analogue of 1,4-Dimethylnaphthalene (D476380), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) that has been found to retard the development of epidermoid carcinomas in hamster buccal pouch and alter the genes associated with the maintenance of a G1/S phase block possibly through the induction of the cell cycle inhibitors KRP1 and KRP2 in potatoes.