Perylene

Perylene[1]
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Perylene[2]
Other names
peri-Dinaphthalene; Perilene; Dibenz[de,kl]anthracene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1911335
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 205-900-9
104944
KEGG
RTECS number
  • SE3794000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C20H12/c1-5-13-6-2-11-17-18-12-4-8-14-7-3-10-16(20(14)18)15(9-1)19(13)17/h1-12H ☒N
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  • c1ccc5cccc4c5c1c2cccc3cccc4c23
Properties
C20H12
Molar mass 252.316 g·mol−1
Appearance Brown solid
Melting point 276 to 279 °C (529 to 534 °F; 549 to 552 K)
-166.8·10−6 cm3/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Perylene or perilene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C20H12, occurring as a brown solid. It or its derivatives may be carcinogenic, and it is considered to be a hazardous pollutant. In cell membrane cytochemistry, perylene is used as a fluorescent lipid probe. It is the parent compound of a class of rylene dyes.

  1. ^ Perylene at Sigma-Aldrich
  2. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 206. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.