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424633

Azobenzene

98%

Synonym(s):

1,2-Diphenyldiazene; Diphenyldiazene

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Linear Formula:
C6H5N=NC6H5
CAS Number:
103-33-3
Molecular Weight:
182.22
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24866581
EC Number:
203-102-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1819138
MDL number:
MFCD00003022

Product Name

Azobenzene, 98%

InChI key

DMLAVOWQYNRWNQ-BUHFOSPRSA-N

InChI

1S/C12H10N2/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)13-14-12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H/b14-13+

SMILES string

c1ccc(cc1)\N=N\c2ccccc2

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 104 °C)

assay

98%

form

powder or crystals

autoignition temp.

890 °F

technique(s)

titration: suitable

bp

293 °C (lit.)

mp

65-68 °C (lit.)

density

1.09 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

100

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Application

Azobenzene and its derivatives have multiple applications in the field of mechanical and optical materials, in photopharmacology, and molecular photo-switches including in biological probes.
As human tissue is translucent to red and near-infrared light but opaque to blue and UV light, Azobenzene is important in medicine and photopharmacology for applications that involve shifting the absorptions of both trans and cis isomers of azobenzene to longer wavelengths.

General description

Azobenzene is a chromogen and an azo compound that exhibits trans/cis isomerism yielding isomers that differ in color. It is a simple azoarene compound that shows cis-trans isomerization around the azo bond in response to light.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - Muta. 2 - STOT RE 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

212.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

100.0 °C - closed cup

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Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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BCCC9136

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Michael S Scholz et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 121(34), 6413-6419 (2017-08-05)
Because of their high photoisomerization efficiencies, azobenzenes and their functionalized derivatives are used in a broad range of molecular photoswitches. Here, the photochemical properties of the trans isomers of protonated azobenzene (ABH
Fastest thermal isomerization of an azobenzene for nanosecond photoswitching applications under physiological conditions.
Jaume Garcia-Amorós et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51(51), 12820-12823 (2012-11-13)
P S Ramanujam et al.
Optics express, 21(2), 1812-1819 (2013-02-08)
We demonstrate a new type of anisotropy in thin films of amorphous azobenzene polymers induced between 570 and 633 nm, where the absorbance in the film is on the order of 0.05. The anisotropy has a pronounced radial contribution. This
Timothy J Kucharski et al.
Nature chemistry, 6(5), 441-447 (2014-04-24)
Large-scale utilization of solar-energy resources will require considerable advances in energy-storage technologies to meet ever-increasing global energy demands. Other than liquid fuels, existing energy-storage materials do not provide the requisite combination of high energy density, high stability, easy handling, transportability
Yumi Okui et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(96), 11763-11765 (2012-11-02)
We created light-directed dynamic spheres based on simple azobenzene monomers showing (i) a high yield of reversible trans↔cis photoisomerization and (ii) noticeable phase transition from crystalline to isotropic states under UV light irradiation at ambient temperature.
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