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BCR052

Benzo[ghi]perylene

BCR®, certified reference material

Synonym(s):

1,12-Benzoperylene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H12
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
276.33
Beilstein:
1913029
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material

Agency

BCR®

Assay

>99.7%

manufacturer/tradename

JRC

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

>500 °C (lit.)

mp

277-279 °C (lit.)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

c1cc2ccc3ccc4ccc5cccc6c(c1)c2c3c4c56

InChI

1S/C22H12/c1-3-13-7-9-15-11-12-16-10-8-14-4-2-6-18-17(5-1)19(13)21(15)22(16)20(14)18/h1-12H

InChI key

GYFAGKUZYNFMBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Benzo[ghi]perylene.
IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans, 32, 195-204 (1983-12-01)
Py and BPe solvent polarity scales: effect of temperature on pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene fluorescence spectra.
R Waris et al.
The Analyst, 113(9), 1465-1467 (1988-09-01)
Stepan Boitsov et al.
Marine environmental research, 68(5), 236-245 (2009-08-01)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were measured in sediment cores from 13 locations in South-Western Barents Sea as part of a detailed study of the Norwegian seabed under the MAREANO program. The generally low PAH levels found, an average around 200
Nobuyasu Itoh et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 615(1), 47-53 (2008-04-29)
Microwave-assisted extraction using 1M KOH/methanol (alkaline-MAE) in combination with solid-phase extraction treatment was developed and applied to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a sediment sample. Although various conditions were examined (100 or 150 degrees C for 10 or 30 min)
Karl L Platt et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 18(4), 700-710 (2005-04-19)
Carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), e.g., benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), possess a bay region comprising an ortho-fused benzene ring. Benzo[ghi]perylene (BghiP) represents the group of PAHs lacking such a "classic" bay region and hence cannot be metabolically converted like BaP to bay

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