Azobenzene
SIAL/424633 - 98%
CAS Number: 103-33-3
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C12H10N2
Molecular Weight: 182.22
EC Number: 203-102-5
MDL Number: MFCD00003022
Linear Formula: C6H5N=NC6H5
Product Type: Chemical
application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
assay | 98% |
autoignition temp. | 890 °F |
bp | 293 °C (lit.) |
density | 1.09 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
form | powder or crystals |
InChI | 1S/C12H10N2/c1-3-7-11(8-4 |
InChI key | DMLAVOWQYNRWNQ-BUHFOSPRSA |
mp | 65-68 °C (lit.) |
Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
SMILES string | c1ccc(cc1)N=Nc2ccccc2 |
storage temp. | room temp |
vapor pressure | 1 mmHg ( 104 °C) |
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. |
Packaging: | 5, 25 g in glass bottle |
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Signal word | Danger |
Hazard statements | H302 + H332 - H341 - H350 - H373 - H410 |
Precautionary statements | P201 - P273 - P301 + P312 + P330 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P308 + P313 |
Hazard Codes | T,N |
Risk Statements | 45-20/22-48/22-50/53-68 |
Safety Statements | 53-45-60-61 |
RIDADR | UN 3077 9 / PGIII |
WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
Flash Point(F) | 212.0 °F - closed cup |
Flash Point(C) | 100.0 °C - closed cup |
Purity | 98% |
bp | 293 °C (lit.) |
mp | 65-68 °C (lit.) |
Density | 1.09 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
Storage Temp. | room temp |
UNSPSC | 12171500 |