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Tetracene

For the initiating explosive, see tetrazene explosive.
Tetracene
Skeletal formula
Space-filling model of the tetracene molecule
Tetracene crystals
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Tetracene[1]
Other names
Naphthacene
Benz[b]anthracene
2,3-Benzanthracene
Tetracyclo[8.8.0.03,8.012,17]octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.001.945 Edit this at Wikidata
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C18H12/c1-2-6-14-10-18-12-16-8-4-3-7-15(16)11-17(18)9-13(14)5-1/h1-12H checkY
    Key: IFLREYGFSNHWGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • c1c2cc3cc4ccccc4cc3cc2ccc1
Properties
C18H12
Molar mass 228.29 g/mol
Appearance Yellow to orange solid
Melting point 357 °C (675 °F; 630 K)
Boiling point 436.7 °C (818.1 °F; 709.8 K)
Insoluble
-168.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tetracene, also called naphthacene, is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. It has the appearance of a pale orange powder. Tetracene is the four-ringed member of the series of acenes.

Tetracene is a molecular organic semiconductor, used in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Tetracene can be used as a gain medium in dye lasers as a sensitiser in chemoluminescence. Napthacene is the main component of the tetracycline class of antibiotics.

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 208. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.

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