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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
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605441
EC Number:
203-576-3
MDL number:
MFCD00008536
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
PubChem Substance ID:
57648390

grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

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.)

SMILES string

Cc1cccc(C)c1

InChI

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

InChI key

IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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_germany

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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STBL0685
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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)
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)
Riccardo Salvio et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 76(13), 5438-5443 (2011-05-27)
Artificial phosphodiesterases that combine a guanidinium unit with a general base connected by a m-xylylene linker catalyze the transesterification of the RNA model compound 2-hydroxypropyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate (HPNP). The bifunctional catalysts presented in this work show varying extents of cooperation
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
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
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