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BCR052

Benzo[ghi]perylene

BCR®, certified reference material

Synonym(s):

1,12-Benzoperylene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H12
CAS Number:
191-24-2
Molecular Weight:
276.33
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329774204
MDL number:
MFCD00004135
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1913029

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Product Name

Benzo[ghi]perylene, BCR®, certified reference material

InChI

1S/C22H12/c1-3-13-7-9-15-11-12-16-10-8-14-4-2-6-18-17(5-1)19(13)21(15)22(16)20(14)18/h1-12H

SMILES string

c1cc2ccc3ccc4ccc5cccc6c(c1)c2c3c4c56

InChI key

GYFAGKUZYNFMBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

grade

certified reference material

agency

BCR®

assay

>99.7%

manufacturer/tradename

JRC

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

>500 °C (lit.)

mp

277-279 °C (lit.)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Analysis Note

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BCR052

General description

This compound is listed in the SVHC (Substances of very high concern) candidate list of ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)

Legal Information

BCR is a registered trademark of European Commission

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Environment
GHS09

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Warning

hcodes

H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Benzo[ghi]perylene.
IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans, 32, 195-204 (1983-12-01)
J R Van Gurp et al.
Cancer research, 43(12 Pt 1), 6031-6038 (1983-12-01)
The development of a selection procedure is described which utilizes the fact that certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are rendered highly cytotoxic when illuminated with near-ultraviolet light. Twenty polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were screened for phototoxicity and toxicity in the absence of
N C Hughes et al.
Carcinogenesis, 14(1), 127-133 (1993-01-01)
Benzo[ghi]perylene (B[ghi]P) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), present in complex combustion products, and evidence for its carcinogenic activity in experimental animals is equivocal, and yet it has demonstrable mutagenic activity in vitro. In order to investigate the possible DNA
Py and BPe solvent polarity scales: effect of temperature on pyrene and benzo[ghi]perylene fluorescence spectra.
R Waris et al.
The Analyst, 113(9), 1465-1467 (1988-09-01)
Nobuyasu Itoh et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 615(1), 47-53 (2008-04-29)
Microwave-assisted extraction using 1M KOH/methanol (alkaline-MAE) in combination with solid-phase extraction treatment was developed and applied to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a sediment sample. Although various conditions were examined (100 or 150 degrees C for 10 or 30 min)
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