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benzocyclobutene
Sign in to saveBenzocyclobutene (BCB) is a benzene ring fused to a cyclobutane ring. It has chemical formula .
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H8
- Molecular weight
- 104.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1,3,5-triene
- SMILES
- C1CC2=CC=CC=C21
- InChIKey
- UMIVXZPTRXBADB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.8
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 104.063
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- chemical formula
- C₈H₈
- canonical SMILES
- C1CC2=CC=CC=C21
- Commons category
- Benzocyclobutene
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Encyclopedic overview
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Benzocyclobutene (BCB) is a benzene ring fused to a cyclobutane ring. It has chemical formula .
BCB is frequently used to create photosensitive polymers. BCB-based polymer dielectrics may be spun on or applied to various substrates for use in Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and microelectronics processing. Applications include wafer bonding, optical interconnects, low-κ dielectrics, or even intracortical neural implants.
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