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Mesitylene

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene

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Linear Formula:
C6H3(CH3)3
CAS Number:
108-67-8
Molecular Weight:
120.19
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329759906
EC Number:
203-604-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
906806
MDL number:
MFCD00008538

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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

14 mmHg ( 55 °C), 2.49 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay

≥99.8% (GC)

autoignition temp.

1022 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

0.88-6.1 %, 100 °F

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.499

bp

163-166 °C (lit.)

mp

−45 °C (lit.)

density

0.864 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

Cc1cc(C)cc(C)c1

InChI

1S/C9H12/c1-7-4-8(2)6-9(3)5-7/h4-6H,1-3H3

InChI key

AUHZEENZYGFFBQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Mesitylene, a volatile organic compound (VOC), is a methyl substituted benzene hydrocarbon, widely utilized as a solvent for industrial and research applications.

Application

Mesitylene may be used as an analytical standard for the quantification of the analyte in human biological samples, environmental samples, organic solvent mixtures, and aerosolized jet fuels by gas chromatography (GC) based techniques.
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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 2 - 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

122.0 °F

flash_point_c

50 °C

ppe

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

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A valence force field for alkyl benzenes toluene, p-xylene, m-xylene mesitylene, and some of their deuterated analogues
La Lau C and Snyder RG
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy, 27(10), 2073-2088 (1971)
Christoph Sprung et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(5), 1916-1928 (2015-01-16)
A detailed and systematic polarized confocal fluorescence microscopy investigation is presented on three batches of large coffin-shaped ZSM-5 crystals (i.e., parent, steamed at 500 °C, and steamed at 700 °C). In total, six laser lines of different wavelength in the
Zachariah M Heiden et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 50(4), 1470-1479 (2011-01-28)
The series of o-benzylphosphino-boranes, o-(R(2)B)C(6)H(4)CH(2)PtBu(2) (R = Cl 3, Ph 4, Cy 6, C(6)F(5) 7, Mes 8) and o-(BBN)C(6)H(4)CH(2)PtBu(2) (5), were synthesized from reactions of the respective chloroboranes with the lithiated benzyl-phosphine. In an analogous fashion, the α-methylbenzyl(N,N-dimethyl)amine-boranes o-(R(2)B)C(6)H(4)CH(Me)NMe(2) (R
Eric J Werner et al.
Contrast media & molecular imaging, 4(5), 220-229 (2009-10-20)
A series of new Gd(III) hydroxypyridonate complexes featuring a mesitylene (ME)-derived ligand cap has been prepared. Relaxometric characterization reveals that the complexes tend to form large aggregates in solution with slow tumbling rates, as estimated from NMRD analysis, and unique
Elizabeth L Hommel et al.
The Analyst, 128(6), 750-755 (2003-07-18)
The air-liquid interface and the liquid-phase of benzene, toluene, 1,3-dimethylbenzene, and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene are studied using broad bandwidth sum frequency generation spectroscopy, Raman and infrared spectroscopy. A vibrationally resonant sum frequency response is observed from these surfaces in spite of the
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