So, I've made several attempts at identifying this with the information I have, but have yet to come to a satisfactory conclusion. Information:
Yellow crystalline solid.
Nonpolar compound (dissolves easily in ether, chloroform, insoluble in water)
Melting point determined at 89-91 C (after purification)
And the IR spectrum of the compound has peaks at medium strength between 3400-2800 and in the fingerprint STRONG peaks from 1700-1100 up and down.
I've narrowed my choices down to acenaphtene and phenoxyacetic acid. Phenoxyacetic acid looks too polar and its MSDS says its "off-white"?
Acenaphthene's IR spectrum looks different than mine (slightly) but it is nonpolar, MSDS says it's a yellow crystalline and the MP range is a tad bit higher than mine at 95.
Which way to go?