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Chrysene

Synonym(s):

1,2-Benzophenanthrene, Phenacene, Benzo[a]phenanthrene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H12
CAS Number:
218-01-9
Molecular Weight:
228.29
Beilstein:
1909297
EC Number:
205-923-4
MDL number:
MFCD00003698
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
329767436
NACRES:
NA.22

form

solid

Quality Level

100

bp

448 °C (lit.)

mp

252-254 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

c1ccc2c(c1)ccc3c4ccccc4ccc23

InChI

1S/C18H12/c1-3-7-15-13(5-1)9-11-18-16-8-4-2-6-14(16)10-12-17(15)18/h1-12H

InChI key

WDECIBYCCFPHNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Chrysene can be used as a building block to synthesize:
  • Chrysene-based tetracarboxy-substituted bis[5]helicenes via double Perkin reactions followed by Pd-catalyzed cyclizations.
  • Chrysene-based azahelicene derivatives are applicable in Perovskite solar cells.
  • 3,6,9,12-tetrakis(4-tert-butylphenyl)chrysene applicable as a blue emitter for OLEDs.

Pictograms

Health hazardEnvironment
GHS08,GHS09

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H341,H350,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - Muta. 2

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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From chrysene to double [5] Helicenes
Bock H, et al.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015(5), 1033-1039 (2015)
Alex S Ionkin et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (20), 2319-2321 (2008-05-14)
The first tetra-substituted non-fused chrysene, 3,6,9,12-tetrakis(4-tert-butylphenyl)chrysene with blue electroluminescence at 450 nm, and with a radiance of 500 cd m(-2), was synthesized by a two-step procedure: direct bromination of chrysene in trimethyl phosphate, followed by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of tetrabromochrysene and
Zefeng Tang et al.
ChemSusChem, 14(22), 4923-4928 (2021-10-13)
Chrysene is a readily available material for exploring new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In this study, two chrysene based azahelicenes, nine-membered BA7 and ten-membered DA6, are constructed by intermolecular oxidative annulation of 6-aminochrysene and intramolecular annulation of N6 ,N12 -bis(1-chloronaphthalen-2-yl)chrysene-6,12-diamine

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