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Hexafluorobenzene

≥99.5%, NMR grade

Synonym(s):

1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexafluorobenzene, Perfluorobenzene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6F6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
186.05
Beilstein:
1683438
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

NMR grade

Quality Level

Assay

≥99.5%

form

liquid

technique(s)

NMR: suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.377 (lit.)

bp

80-82 °C (lit.)

mp

3.7-4.1 °C (lit.)

density

1.612 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

fluoro

SMILES string

Fc1c(F)c(F)c(F)c(F)c1F

InChI

1S/C6F6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9

InChI key

ZQBFAOFFOQMSGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Hexafluorobenzene was repoted to be a sensitive 19F NMR indicator of tumor oxygenation. Rotational Raman spectra of hexafluorobenzenehas been studied under high resolution using a single mode argon laser as the exciting source. Hexafluorobenzene in the gas phase reacts spontaneously with lithium amalgam, to give a solid and intimate mixture of lithium fluoride and elemental polymeric carbon with a small amount of superstoichiometric lithium. Hexafluorobenzene forms series of 1:1 complexes with naphthalene, anthracene,phenanthrene, pyrene and triphenylene.

Application

Hexafluorobenzene can be used as a standard in 19Fluorine NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy and also as a solvent in 13Carbon and 1H NMR spectroscopy.

Pictograms

Flame

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

50.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

10 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Solvent shift induced by hexafluorobenzene in NMR spectra
Nikki K and Nakagawa N
Chemistry Letters (Jpn), 3(7), 699-700 (1974)
Reactivity of M (en) Cl 2 (M= Pd II/Pt II, en= 1, 2-diaminoethane) with N, N′-bis (salicylidene)-p-phenylenediamine: binding with hexafluorobenzene
Kumari N, et al.
Polyhedron, 27(1), 241-248 (2008)
Absolute temperature dependence of chemical shifts of lock solvents. Tetramethylsilane, hexafluorobenzene, and 1, 4-dibromotetrafluorobenzene
Jameson AK and Jameson CJ
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 95(26), 8559-8561 (1973)
NMR Spectra of partially oriented mono-and hexa-fluorobenzene
Gerritsen J and MacLean C
Rec. Trav. Chim., 91(12), 1393-1402 (1972)
R P Mason et al.
NMR in biomedicine, 9(3), 125-134 (1996-05-01)
We have surveyed the sensitivity of the spin lattice relaxation rates of the 19F resonances of several perfluorocarbons to changes in oxygen tension and temperature. Hexafluorobenzene was found to exhibit exceptional sensitivity to changes in oxygen tension, and we have

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