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296325

m-Xylene

anhydrous, ≥99%

Synonym(s):

1,3-Dimethylbenzene

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Linear Formula:
C6H4(CH3)2
CAS Number:
108-38-3
Molecular Weight:
106.17
EC Number:
203-576-3
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
PubChem Substance ID:
57648390
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605441
MDL number:
MFCD00008536
Grade:
anhydrous
Assay:
≥99%
Bp:
138-139 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
16 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

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Product Name

m-Xylene, anhydrous, ≥99%

InChI key

IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C8H10/c1-7-4-3-5-8(2)6-7/h3-6H,1-2H3

SMILES string

Cc1cccc(C)c1

grade

anhydrous

vapor density

3.7 (vs air)

vapor pressure

16 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

982 °F

expl. lim.

7 %

impurities

<0.002% water
<0.005% water (100 mL pkg)

evapn. residue

<0.0003%

refractive index

n20/D 1.497 (lit.)

bp

138-139 °C (lit.)

mp

−48 °C (lit.)

density

0.868 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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Application

m-Xylene may be used in the synthesis of 2,4-dimethylbenzophenone via Friedel–Craft acylation with benzoyl chloride over iron-modified tungstophosphoric acid supported on titania. It may also undergo chloromethylation in the presence of organic acids under organic-aqueous biphasic conditions to form a mixture of chloromethyl-2,4-dimethylbenzene and 1,3-bis(chloromethyl)-4,6-dimethylbenzene.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

80.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

27 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Strong organic acids as efficient catalysts for the chloromethylation of m-xylene: the synthesis of 1, 3-bis (chloromethyl)-4, 6-dimethylbenzene.
Kishida T, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(4), 1831-1839 (2009)
Iron (III)-Modified Tungstophosphoric Acid Supported on Titania Catalyst: Synthesis, Characterization, and Friedel?Craft Acylation of m-Xylene.
Mu M, et al.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54(36), 8893-8899 (2015)
Influence of alkyl group and temperature on excess thermodynamic properties of diethyl carbonate and their binary mixtures at 0.1 MPa.
Srilakshmi M, et al.
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 211, 854-867 (2015)
Dragana Bozinovski et al.
FEMS microbiology ecology, 81(1), 134-144 (2012-03-01)
A sulfate-reducing consortium maintained for several years in the laboratory with m-xylene as sole source of carbon and energy was characterized by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) fingerprinting of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes and stable isotope probing of proteins
Sulak Sumitsawan et al.
Environmental science & technology, 45(16), 6970-6977 (2011-07-19)
Titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) is a preferred catalyst for photocatalytic oxidation of many air pollutants. In an effort to enhance its photocatalytic activity, TiO(2) was modified by pulsed plasma treatment. In this work, TiO(2) nanoparticles, coated on a glass plate, were
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