1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene is used in the synthesis of highly organic film for silicon surfaces to improve its chemical and physical properties. It is also used in liquid state organic dye lasers, as triplet state quencher to reduce dye blinking.
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Applications
1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene is used in the synthesis of highly organic film for silicon surfaces to improve its chemical and physical properties. It is also used in liquid state organic dye lasers, as triplet state quencher to reduce dye blinking.
Solubility
Not miscible or difficult to mix in water.
Notes
Air & light sensitive. Store at --20°C. Store away from oxidizing agent, air, heat, ultra violet radiation, free radical intiators.
RUO – Research Use Only
Sarah Schols; Andrey Kadashchuk; Paul Heremans; Anke Helfer; Ullrich Scherf. Triplet excitation scavenging in films of conjugated polymers. ChemPhysChem. 2009, 10 (7), 1071-1076.
Lauryn E Sass; Cherie Lanyi; Keith Weninger; Dorothy A Erie. Single-molecule FRET TACKLE reveals highly dynamic mismatched DNA-MutS complexes. Biochemistry (Washington), 2010, 49 (14), 3174-3190.