Perylene Property

Melting point:

276-279 °C (lit.)

Boiling point:

400 °C

Density 

1.35

vapor pressure 

<0.001 hPa (20 °C)

refractive index 

1.6292 (estimate)

Flash point:

>200 °C

storage temp. 

Store below +30°C.

solubility 

<0.0001g/l

form 

Powder

color 

Ochre to brown

Water Solubility 

INSOLUBLE

Merck 

14,7184

BRN 

1911335

Stability:

Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. Combustible.

InChIKey

CSHWQDPOILHKBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

CAS DataBase Reference

198-55-0(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

Perylene(198-55-0)

IARC

3 (Vol. Sup 7, 92) 2010

EPA Substance Registry System

Perylene (198-55-0)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

Xn,T,N

Risk Statements 

40-63-43-36/37/38-23/24/25-45-67-50/53

Safety Statements 

22-24/25-45-36/37-23-53-61-60

RIDADR 

2811

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

SE3794000

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

6.1(b)

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

29029080

Hazardous Substances Data

198-55-0(Hazardous Substances Data)

Toxicity

mmo-sat 25 nmol/plate TXCYAC 18,219,80

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H315Causes skin irritation

H319Causes serious eye irritation

H335May cause respiratory irritation

H336May cause drowsiness or dizziness

H351Suspected of causing cancer

H373May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure

Precautionary statements

P261Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.

P281Use personal protective equipment as required.

P305+P351+P338IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continuerinsing.

Perylene Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

brown solid

Uses

Perylene has been used as an acceptor for pristine C70 to be used as a sensitizer for efficient triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion; which has shown improved stability under continuous laser irradiation compared to the benchmark Pt(II)-ocetaethylprphyrin. Perylene has also been used as a dopant representing blue fluorescent dye on a white-emitting polymer film. Dyes and metabolites.

Definition

ChEBI: An ortho- and peri-fused polycyclic arene comprising of five benzene rings that is anthracene in which the d,e and k,l sides are fused to benzene rings.

General Description

Perylene molecules are fluorescent in nature. Ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy and low energy electron diffraction of the structure of 4? thick perylene dye layers adsorbed on the surface of Ru (0001) has been investigated.

Safety Profile

Questionable carcinogen. Mutation data reported. Whenheated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.

Purification Methods

Purify perylene by silica-gel chromatography of its recrystallised picrate. [Ware J Am Chem Soc 83 4374 1961.] Crystallise it from *benzene, toluene or EtOH and sublime it at 142o in a flow of oxygen-free nitrogen. It forms a 1:1 *benzene-complex (m 223-224.5o needles from *C6H6), and a 1:2 *benzene-complex (m 154-155o from *C6H6 or H2O). The 2,4,7-trinitrofluoren-9-one has m 270-271o (from EtOH/*C6H6). [Gorman et al. J Am Chem Soc 107 4404 1985, Johansson et al. J Am Chem Soc 109 7374 1987, Beilstein 5 III 2521, 5 IV 2689.]