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tetracene
Sign in to saveAlso known as benz[b]anthracene, 2,3-benzanthracene, naphthacene
Tetracene, also called naphthacene, is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. It has the appearance of a pale orange powder. Tetracene is the four-ringed member of the series of acenes.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C18H12
- Molecular weight
- 228.3 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- tetracene
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C=C3C=C4C=CC=CC4=CC3=CC2=C1
- InChIKey
- IFLREYGFSNHWGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.9
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History and synthesis
- See also
- Notes
- References
Tetracene, also called naphthacene, is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. It has the appearance of a pale orange powder. Tetracene is the four-ringed member of the series of acenes.
Tetracene is a molecular organic semiconductor, used in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Tetracene can be used as a gain medium in dye lasers as a sensitiser in chemoluminescence. Napthacene is the main component of the tetracycline class of antibiotics.
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