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C85727

Sigma-Aldrich

m-Cresol

99%

Synonym(s):

1-Hydroxy-3-methylbenzene, 3-Hydroxytoluene, 3-Methylphenol

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Linear Formula:
CH3C6H4OH
CAS Number:
108-39-4
Molecular Weight:
108.14
Beilstein:
506719
EC Number:
203-577-9
MDL number:
MFCD00002302
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
PubChem Substance ID:
329775176
NACRES:
NA.21

Agency

suitable for SM 2310
suitable for SM 2320

Quality Level

200

vapor density

3.72 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1036 °F

expl. lim.

1.06-1.35 %, 150 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.541 (lit.)

bp

203 °C (lit.)

mp

8-10 °C (lit.)

density

1.034 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cc1cccc(O)c1

InChI

1S/C7H8O/c1-6-3-2-4-7(8)5-6/h2-5,8H,1H3

InChI key

RLSSMJSEOOYNOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

m-Cresol can be used as a solvent to synthesize:
  • Porous porphyrin-based polyimides for selective CO2 capture.
  • Thermoplastic polymers via thiol-ene Click reactions.

Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesCorrosion
GHS06,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301 + H311,H314,H412

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

186.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

86 °C - closed cup

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Min Ji Lee et al.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 13(6) (2020-03-18)
Fluidized beds have been utilized for various chemical and physical applications including heat transfer such as the gas-solid heat exchanger. It is advantageous to use carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with high thermal conductivity as bed materials for heat transfer enhancement in
Synthesis of a polyimide porous porphyrin polymer for selective CO2 capture
Neti V, et al.
Journal of Chemistry (2015)
Magdalena Kwiatkowska et al.
Polymers, 12(2) (2020-02-08)
In this work the preparation of polyamide 12 (PA12) based composites reinforced with pristine and surface-modified carbon nanotubes is reported. A qualitative and quantitative evaluation of multi-walled carbon nanotube functionalization with oxygen containing reactive groups achieved by different procedures of
Chiu-Po Chan et al.
Toxicology, 208(1), 95-104 (2005-01-25)
Cresol is a well-known environmental pollutant, toluene metabolite, uremic toxicant and accidental poisoning product. Formocresol, a preparation of formalin and cresol, is also used as a root canal medicament and for pulpotomy of primary teeth. However, little is known about
P Saravanan et al.
Bioresource technology, 99(18), 8553-8558 (2008-05-13)
An internal loop airlift reactor (ILALR) is developed and studied for biodegradation of phenol/m-cresol as single and dual substrate systems under batch and fed batch operation using an indigenous mixed microbial strain, predominantly Pseudomonas sp. The results showed that the
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