perylene

Perylene A 20-carbon dibenz(de,kl)anthracene that can be viewed as a naphthalene fused to a phenalene or as dinaphthalene. It is used as fluorescent lipid probe in the cytochemistry of membranes and is a polycyclic hydrocarbon pollutant in soil and water. Derivatives may be carcinogenic.

Molecular Formula: C₂₀H₁₂

InChI: InChI=1/C20H12/c1-5-13-6-2-11-17-18-12-4-8-14-7-3-10-16(20(14)18)15(9-1)19(13)17/h1-12H

InChIKey: InChIKey=CSHWQDPOILHKBI-UHFFFAOYAD
SMILES: c1cc2cccc3c4cccc5cccc(c(c1)c23)c45

CAS number 198-55-0

Names:
    dibenz[de,kl]anthracene
    perilene
    peri-Dinaphthalene
    peri-dinaphthalene
    PERYLENE
    perylene
    Perylen
    perylene
    α-perylene

Registries:
    PubChem CID 9142
    Beilstein =1911335
    CAS 198-55-0 (from NIST)
    ChEBI 29861
    Gmelin 104944
    PubChem ID 10464112