ru·brene
| \ ˈrüˌbrēn \
plural -s
Definition of rubrene
: an orange-red fluorescent crystalline polycyclic hydrocarbon C42H28 that is decolorized by oxygen with the reversible formation of a peroxide; tetraphenyl-naphthacene
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The first known use of rubrene was in 1926
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