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C84801

Sigma-Aldrich

Coronene

97%

Synonym(s):

Superbenzene, [6]Circulene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C24H12
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
300.35
Beilstein:
658468
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

form

powder

bp

525 °C (lit.)

mp

428 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

c1cc2ccc3ccc4ccc5ccc6ccc1c7c2c3c4c5c67

InChI

1S/C24H12/c1-2-14-5-6-16-9-11-18-12-10-17-8-7-15-4-3-13(1)19-20(14)22(16)24(18)23(17)21(15)19/h1-12H

InChI key

VPUGDVKSAQVFFS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Coronene can be used
  • To synthesize active materials for organic photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications.
  • As ′nucleation seed′ to synthesize graphene by vapor deposition at low temperatures.
  • To build novel polycyclic aromatic molecular frameworks and architectures.

Incorporation of coronene as ′Carbon Dot′ for bioimaging applications has been reported.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Honeycomb frameworks with a very large mesh of 39? 29 ? diameters stabilized by ?-stacked coronene molecules.
Nozaki T, et al.
CrystEngComm, 14(17), 5398-5401 (2012)
Porphyrins fused with unactivated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Diev VV, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 77(1), 143-159 (2011)
Perchlorocoronene: a novel host precursor.
Baird T, et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, (22), 1471-1473 (1988)
Self-assembled coronene nanofibers: optical waveguide effect and magnetic alignment.
Takazawa K, et al.
Nanoscale, 6(8), 4174-4181 (2014)
Luminescent Carbon Dot Mimics Assembled on DNA.
Chan KM et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(37), 13147-13155 (2017)

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