Terphenyls
The terphenyls form a group of substances that consist of a central benzene ring and two phenyl radicals connected to one another and thus of three phenyl rings. The different arrangement of the phenyl residues results in three constitutional isomers . As a commercially available product, terphenyl , it is a mixture of the three isomers.
Surname | o -terphenyl | m -terphenyl | p -terphenyl | |||||
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other names | 1,2-diphenylbenzene | 1,3-diphenylbenzene | 1,4-diphenylbenzene | |||||
Structural formula | ||||||||
CAS number | 84-15-1 | 92-06-8 | 92-94-4 | |||||
26140-60-3 (mixture of isomers) | ||||||||
PubChem | 6766 | 7076 | 7115 | |||||
Molecular formula | C 18 H 14 | |||||||
Molar mass | 230.31 g mol −1 | |||||||
Physical state | firmly | |||||||
Brief description | white, flammable powder | |||||||
Melting point | 54-56 ° C | 84-88 ° C | 213 ° C | |||||
boiling point | 332 ° C | 379 ° C | 404 ° C | |||||
density | 1.14 g cm −3 | 1.23 g cm −3 | ||||||
solubility | Practically insoluble in water | |||||||
GHS labeling |
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H and P phrases | 302 | 315-319-335-400 | 315-319-335-400 | |||||
no EUH phrases | ||||||||
260-262 | 273-280-305 + 351 + 338-337 + 313-391 | 261-273-305 + 351 + 338 | ||||||
MAK | Switzerland: 0.5 ml m −3 or 5 mg m −3 | |||||||
Toxicological data | 1900 mg kg −1 ( LD 50 , rat , oral ) | 2400 mg kg −1 ( LD 50 , rat , oral ) | 500 mg kg −1 ( LD Lo , rat , oral ) |
use
The most widespread terphenyl is p -terphenyl, which is used as a dye (e.g. as a doping of terrylene ), as a laser material (e.g. for excimer lasers with a fluorescence maximum at 343 nm), as a scintillation counter and in sun creams. o -Terphenyl is used as a synthetic chemical. The polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) derived from the terphenyls through Suzuki coupling have similar physical-chemical properties as the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and were used, among other things, as heat exchangers and dielectrics in transformers .
Related links
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Entry on o-terphenyl in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on April 20, 2017(JavaScript required) .
- ↑ a b c data sheet m-terphenyl from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on April 20, 2017 ( PDF ).
- ↑ a b c d e Entry on p-terphenyl in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on April 20, 2017(JavaScript required) .
- ↑ Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (Suva): Limits - Current MAK and BAT values (search for 26140-60-3 ), accessed on December 8, 2019.
- ↑ Entry on m-terphenyl at TCI Europe, accessed on April 20, 2017.
- ↑ Entry on 1,1 ′: 4 ′, 1 ′ ′ - terphenyl in the ChemIDplus database of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), accessed on December 8, 2019.
- ↑ A. Pieper, H. Wichmann, M. Bahadir: Synthesis and behavior of polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) under thermal stress ( Memento from September 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )