tetraphenylethylene

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| PIN = 1,1′,1′′,1′′′-Ethenetetrayltetrabenzene

| OtherNames = 1,1,2,2-Tetraphenylethene
Tetraphenylethylene

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| CASNo = 632-51-9

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| UNII = MT243CE29P

| PubChem =69437

| Beilstein = 789087

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| InChI = 1/C26H20/c1-5-13-21(14-6-1)25(22-15-7-2-8-16-22)26(23-17-9-3-10-18-23)24-19-11-4-12-20-24/h1-20H

| InChIKey = JLZUZNKTTIRERF-UHFFFAOYAF

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| StdInChI = 1S/C26H20/c1-5-13-21(14-6-1)25(22-15-7-2-8-16-22)26(23-17-9-3-10-18-23)24-19-11-4-12-20-24/h1-20H

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| SMILES = c1ccc(cc1)C(=C(c2ccccc2)c3ccccc3)c4ccccc4

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| C=26 | H=20

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| Appearance = yellow solid

| Density = 1.088 g/cm³

| MeltingPtC = 224 to 225

| MeltingPt_ref = {{cite journal|last=Banerjee|first=Moloy|author2=Susanna J. Emond |author3=Sergey V. Lindeman |author4=Rajendra Rathore|authorlink4=Rajendra Rathore (chemist) |year=2007|title=Practical Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Tetraarylethylenes and Their Application for the Preparation of [Triphenylethylene−Spacer−Triphenylethylene] Triads|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry|volume=72|issue=21|pages=8054–8061|doi=10.1021/jo701474y|pmid=17880244|url=https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/625}}

| BoilingPtC = 424

| BoilingPt_ref = {{cite journal|last=Lewis|first=Irwin C.|author2=T. Edstrom |year=1963|title=Thermal Reactivity of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons|journal=The Journal of Organic Chemistry|volume=28|issue=8|pages=2050–2057|doi=10.1021/jo01043a025}}

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| FlashPtC = 206.2

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Tetraphenylethene (TPE) is an organic chemical compound with the formula Ph₂C=CPh₂, where Ph = phenyl (C₆H₅). Samples have been described as a yellow solid, but the compound iscolorless. The molecule is crowded such that all four phenyl groups are twisted out of the plane defined by the center six carbon atoms.{{cite journal |doi=10.1107/S0567740875005973|title=The Crystal and Molecular Structures of Tetraphenylhydrazine and Related Compounds at –160°C. II. The Crystal Structures of Tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and Diphenylaminotriphenylmethane (DTM) |year=1975 |last1=Hoekstra |first1=A. |last2=Vos |first2=A. |journal=Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=1716–1721 |bibcode=1975AcCrB..31.1716H }} Tetraphenylethylene is used as a precursor to other organic compounds, often in the area of supramolecular chemistry.