Tetraphenylethylene is used in construction and in the manufacture of medical equipment, packaging, and electrical appliances. And it is used to produce other chemical like 1,1,2,2-Tetraphenyl-ethane.
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Applications
Tetraphenylethylene is used in construction and in the manufacture of medical equipment, packaging, and electrical appliances. And it is used to produce other chemical like 1,1,2,2-Tetraphenyl-ethane.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Store away from strong oxidizing agents. Keep container tightly closed. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Helmut Goerner. Triplet states of phenylethylenes in solution. Energies, lifetimes, and absorption spectra of 1,1-diphenyl-, triphenyl-, and tetraphenylethylene triplets. J. Phys. Chem. 1982, 86, (11), 2028-2035.
- Christo Jossifov. Polymer formation via reductive coupling of a diketone by metathesis catalytic systems1. European Polymer Journal. 1998, 34, (5-6), 883-885.
- Christo Jossifov. Polymer formation via reductive coupling of a diketone by metathesis catalytic systems1. European Polymer Journal. 1998, 34, (5-6), 883-885.
- Electron-transfer agent in the Wurtz-type coupling of benzyl halides: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 83, 943 (1961).
- Catalyst (cf Cu salts), for decomposition of various diazoalkanes to carbenoids: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 96, 8109 (1974).