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34866

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Toluene

suitable for HPLC, 99.9%

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH3
CAS Number:
108-88-3
Molecular Weight:
92.14
Beilstein:
635760
EC Number:
203-625-9
MDL number:
MFCD00008512
UNSPSC Code:
41116105
eCl@ss:
39011102
PubChem Substance ID:
329755074
NACRES:
NA.21

Agency

suitable for EPA 1613

Quality Level

100

vapor density

3.2 (vs air)

vapor pressure

22 mmHg ( 20 °C)
26 mmHg ( 25 °C)

Assay

99.9%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

997 °F

expl. lim.

7 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
UV/Vis spectroscopy: suitable

impurities

≤0.0005% non-volatile matter
≤0.0005% thiophene
≤0.001% free acid (as HCl)
≤0.02% water (Karl Fischer)

refractive index

n/D 1.496 (lit.)

bp

110-111 °C (lit.)

mp

-93 °C (lit.)

density

0.865 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

UV absorption

λ: 286 nm Amax: ≤1.00
λ: 288 nm Amax: ≤0.50
λ: 293 nm Amax: ≤0.20
λ: 300 nm Amax: ≤0.10
λ: 310 nm Amax: ≤0.05
λ: 335 nm Amax: ≤0.02
λ: 350 nm Amax: ≤0.004

application(s)

food and beverages

SMILES string

Cc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C7H8/c1-7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6H,1H3

InChI key

YXFVVABEGXRONW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Toluene, a benzene analog, is widely employed as an organic solvent. It has been reported to be a biotoxic solvent (toxic to many microorganisms at 0.1%v/v concentrations). Its anaerobic biodegradation to CO2, by the denitrifying bacterium Thauera arornatica has been reported. It forms a syndiotactic polystyrene-toluene molecular compound. Crystal structure of this molecular compound has been investigated by X-ray diffraction studies.

Application

Toluene may be used as a doping agent during the quantitative estimation of triacylglycerols (TAGs) by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure photoionization-mass spectrometry (LC-APPIMS). It has been reported to improve the sensitivity of analysis. It may be used as solvent for the preparation of 4-arm polylactide-based (PLA) star oligomer.

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Other Notes

Important notice
  • The article number 34866-4X2.5L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34866-2.5L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
  • The article number 34866-6X1L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34866-1L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 2 Inhalation - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Central nervous system

WGK

WGK 3

Regulatory Information

易制毒化学品（3类）
危险化学品

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Direct laser writing of 3D scaffolds for neural tissue engineering applications.
Melissinaki V, et al.
Biofabrication, 3(4), Direct laser writing-Direct laser writing (2011)
Sheng-Suan Cai et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1173(1-2), 88-97 (2007-10-30)
In this work, we evaluate the performance of liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure photoionization-mass spectrometry (LC-APPI-MS) for non-aqueous reversed phase analysis of six triacylglycerol model compounds using six binary mobile phases including MeOH/iPrOH, MeOH/CHCl(3), MeOH/CH(2)Cl(2), CH(3)CN/iPrOH, CH(3)CN/CHCl(3), and CH(3)CN/CH(2)Cl(2). All mobile phases
T Biegert et al.
European journal of biochemistry, 238(3), 661-668 (1996-06-15)
Toluene is degraded anoxically to CO2 by the denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica. Toluene first becomes oxidized to benzoyl-CoA by O2-independent reactions. Benzoyl-CoA is then reduced to non-aromatic products by benzoyl-CoA reductase. We set out to study the reactions employed for
Structural study on syndiotactic polystyrene: 2. Crystal structure of molecular compound with toluene.
Chatani Y, et al.
Polymer, 34(8), 1620-1620 (1993)
A Pseudomonas thrives in high concentrations of toluene.
Inoue A and Horikoshi K.
Nature, 338, 264-266 (1989)
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