Naphthalene is a white, volatile, solid polycyclic hydrocarbon with a strong mothball odor. Naphthalene is obtained from either coal tar or petroleum distillation.
Naphthalene, is an organic compound with formula C10H8. It is the simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.Heterogeneous ozonolysis of naphthalene adsorbed on XAD-4 resin has been studied using annular denuder technique.