Tetralin has been obtained from pressed naphthalene isolated from coal tar by hydrogenating it over commercial catalyst WS2 + NiS + Al2O3 and CoO + MoO3 + Al2O3 under pressure of 50–300 atm.
Tetralin (1,2,3,4-tetrahidronaftalen) je aromatski ogljikovodik s kemijsko formulo C10H12.