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63908

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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Product Name

Mesitylene, analytical standard

InChI key

AUHZEENZYGFFBQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

Cc1cc(C)cc(C)c1

grade

analytical standard

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 (lit.)
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

Quality Level

100

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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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General description

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

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Danger

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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BCCP1533
BCCJ9542
BCCD0358
BCBW4550
BCBV2062

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20th European Symposium of Computer Aided Process Engineering: ESCAPE-20
20th European Symposium of Computer Aided Process Engineering (2010)
Katherine D Dietzel et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1093(1-2), 11-20 (2005-10-20)
Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) jet fuel is a kerosene-based fuel containing hundreds of hydrocarbons used by the military in NATO countries. Previous rodent inhalation studies carried out with aerosolized JP-8 never evaluated the exposure chamber atmosphere. For this reason, our
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)
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) for rapid field sampling and analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
Hook.LG, et al.
TrAC, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 21(8), 534-543 (2002)
Gas chromatographic analysis of organic solvent mixtures on capillary columns of different polarity
Rastogi SC
Chromatographia, 37(3-4), 211-214 (1993)
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