Scintillators are materials which exhibit scintillation – the property of luminescence when excited by ionizing radiation. Luminescent materials, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy and scintillate. POPOP, 1,4-bis-(5-phenyl-oxazolyl-2)-benzene, is one of the organic scintillators that have applications in detecting the nuclear rays and charged particles. Hence, synthesise of POPOP have been focused and some synthetic methods have been investigated. A new and efficient method for the preparation of POPOP is presented in this paper. An intermediate was synthesized bye the reaction of 2-aminoacetophenone with terephethaloyl dichloride. The oxazole rings in the final product (POPOP) were then formed by the reaction of this intermediate with concentrated sulfuric acid yielding the final product.
Moosavi, M., Moosavi, Y., & Gholami, A. (2012). Synthesis of POPOP, a Scintillator Used In The Nuclear Radiation Detectors. Journal of Advanced Defense Science & Technology, 3(1), 5-11.
MLA
Mojtaba Moosavi; Yousef Moosavi; Amir Gholami. "Synthesis of POPOP, a Scintillator Used In The Nuclear Radiation Detectors", Journal of Advanced Defense Science & Technology, 3, 1, 2012, 5-11.
HARVARD
Moosavi, M., Moosavi, Y., Gholami, A. (2012). 'Synthesis of POPOP, a Scintillator Used In The Nuclear Radiation Detectors', Journal of Advanced Defense Science & Technology, 3(1), pp. 5-11.
VANCOUVER
Moosavi, M., Moosavi, Y., Gholami, A. Synthesis of POPOP, a Scintillator Used In The Nuclear Radiation Detectors. Journal of Advanced Defense Science & Technology, 2012; 3(1): 5-11.