Tetraphenyl butadiene
Tetraphenyl butadiene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,1′,1′′,1′′′-(Buta-1,3-diene-1,1,4,4-tetrayl)tetrabenzene
Other names
TPB
Identifiers
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard
100.014.468
EC Number
UNII
InChI=1S/C28H22/c1-5-13-23(14-6-1)27(24-15-7-2-8-16-24)21-22-28(25-17-9-3-10-18-25)26-19-11-4-12-20-26/h1-22H
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Properties
C 28 H 22
Molar mass
358.484 g·mol−1
Appearance
White to yellow white needles
Density
1.079 g/cm3
Melting point
203.5 °C (398.3 °F; 476.6 K)
Solubility
soluble in ethanol , benzene , chloroform , acetic acid [1]
Hazards
GHS labelling :[2]
Warning
H315 , H319 , H335
P261 , P264 , P271 , P280 , P302+P352 , P304+P340 , P305+P351+P338 , P312 , P321 , P332+P313 , P337+P313 , P362 , P403+P233 , P405 , P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
Flash point
289 °C (552 °F; 562 K)
Safety data sheet (SDS)
Sigma-Aldrich
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Chemical compound
Tetraphenyl butadiene (1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene or TPB ) is an organic chemical compound used as an electroluminescent dye . It glows blue with an emission spectrum peak wavelength at 430 nm ,[3] which makes it useful as a wavelength shifter .[4] [5]
References
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Lide, David R. (1998). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press . pp. 3–526. ISBN 978-0-8493-0594-8 .
^ "1,1,4,4-Tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene" . pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . Retrieved 12 December 2021 .
^ Burton, W. M; Powell, B. A (1973). "Fluorescence of Tetraphenyl-Butadiene in the Vacuum Ultraviolet". Applied Optics . 12 (1): 87–9. Bibcode :1973ApOpt..12...87B . doi :10.1364/AO.12.000087 . PMID 20125234 . .
^ Wise, Donald Lee; Gary E. Wnek; Debra J. Trantolo; Thomas M. Cooper; Joseph D. Gresser (1998). Photonic Polymer Systems . CRC Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-8247-0152-9 . Retrieved 2009-06-02 .
^ Wernick, Miles N.; John N. Aarsvold (2004). Emission Tomography . Academic Press . p. 374. ISBN 978-0-12-744482-6 . Retrieved 2009-06-02 .