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401765

Benzene

anhydrous, 99.8%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6
CAS Number:
71-43-2
Molecular Weight:
78.11
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57649920
EC Number:
200-753-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
969212
MDL number:
MFCD00003009
Assay:
99.8%
Grade:
anhydrous
Technique(s):
toxicology assay: suitable
Bp:
80 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C), 74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)
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grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

200

vapor density

2.77 (vs air)

vapor pressure

166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C), 74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

99.8%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1043 °F

expl. lim.

8 %

technique(s)

toxicology assay: suitable

impurities

<0.001% water, <0.005% water (100 mL pkg)

evapn. residue

<0.0005%

refractive index

n20/D 1.501 (lit.)

bp

80 °C (lit.)

mp

5.5 °C (lit.)

density

0.874 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C6H6/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H

InChI key

UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Benzene is a six membered aromatic compound. The capability of superhalogen induced ionization of benzene molecules has been reported based on ab initio calculations. Benzene, a commonly used industrial solvent is also an air pollutant and a potent carcinogen.

Application

Benzene may be used in the following processes:
  • Formation of phenyl acetate by aerobic oxidation using Pd catalyst and acetic acid as solvent.
  • Formation of phenol by hydroxylation in the presence of mesoporous carbon nitride supported on vanadium catalyst.
  • As a solvent to prepare nanoparticles of gallium nitride (GaN) by reacting Li3N and GaCl3 at 280°C.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Carc. 1A - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Muta. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1

target_organs

Blood

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

12.2 °F

flash_point_c

-11 °C

ppe

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

Regulatory Listings

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Specified Class I Designated Chemical Substances

prtr

Group 4: Flammable liquids + Type 1 petroleums + Hazardous rank II + Water insoluble liquid

fsl

Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

ishl_indicated

Substances Subject to be Notified Names

ishl_notified

401765-1L:4.548173144993E12 + 401765-100ML:4.548173144955E12 + 401765-18L:4.548173144986E12 + 401765-10L:4.548173144962E12 + 401765-2L:4.548173145006E12

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
08898LJ
S32784
S30268
S25379
S07797

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A benzene-thermal synthetic route to nanocrystalline GaN.
Xie Y, et al.
Science, 272(5270), 1926-1927 (1996)
Vanadia supported on mesoporous carbon nitride as a highly efficient catalyst for hydroxylation of benzene to phenol.
Xu J, et al.
Catalysis Science & Technology, 5(3), 1504-1513 (2015)
Palladium-catalyzed aerobic acetoxylation of benzene using NOx-based redox mediators.
Zultanski SL and Stahl SS.
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 793, 263-268 (2015)
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