1,8-Dichloroanthracene

The C-Cl distances in the title compound, C₁₄H₈Cl₂, average 1.751 (3) Å. The C atoms of the anthracene ring system exhibit a maximum deviation of 0.016 (5) Å from coplanarity and the Cl atoms are slightly displaced on opposite sides of the anthracene plane by -0.045 (1) and 0.035 (1) Å.