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135070

Benzenesulfonic acid

technical grade, 90%

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Linear Formula:
C6H5SO3H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
158.18
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
742513
Assay:
90%
Form:
solid
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grade

technical grade

Quality Segment

assay

90%

form

solid

functional group

sulfonic acid

SMILES string

OS(=O)(=O)c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C6H6O3S/c7-10(8,9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H,7,8,9)

InChI key

SRSXLGNVWSONIS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Benzenesulfonic acid, also known as besylic acid, is a strong organic acid commonly used as an acid catalyst in various organic reactions, such as esterification, alkylation, and condensation reactions. It is also used as a sulfonating agent to introduce sulfonic acid (SO3H) groups into organic compounds, which can be useful in the synthesis of several dye intermediates.


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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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