Para-Quaterphenyl

para-Quaterphenyl
Names
IUPAC name
1-phenyl-4-(4-phenylphenyl)benzene
Identifiers
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ECHA InfoCard 100.004.740 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 205-213-4
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C24H18/c1-3-7-19(8-4-1)21-11-15-23(16-12-21)24-17-13-22(14-18-24)20-9-5-2-6-10-20/h1-18H
    Key: GPRIERYVMZVKTC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC=C(C=C2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)C4=CC=CC=C4
Properties
C24H18
Molar mass 306.408 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
 biphenyl, terphenyl
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

para-Quaterphenyl, or p-quaterphenyl, is a chemical compound consisting of a straight chain of four phenyl groups connected in the para position. It can be considered as next in the series of benzene, biphenyl, para-terphenyl. It is an aromatic hydrocarbon and a chromophore.

One possible use is in scintillation counters where it is dissolved in toluene and glows when subject to beta rays.[1]

References

  1. ^ Horrocks, Donald L. (1974). Applications of liquid scintillation counting. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0123562406.