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Sigma-Aldrich

m-Xylene

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

1,3-Dimethylbenzene

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Linear Formula:
C6H4(CH3)2
CAS Number:
108-38-3
Molecular Weight:
106.17
Beilstein:
605441
EC Number:
203-576-3
MDL number:
MFCD00008536
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
PubChem Substance ID:
329751711
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

3.7 (vs air)

vapor pressure

16 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

982 °F

expl. lim.

7 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.497 (lit.)

bp

138-139 °C (lit.)

mp

−48 °C (lit.)

density

0.868 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cc1cccc(C)c1

InChI

1S/C8H10/c1-7-4-3-5-8(2)6-7/h3-6H,1-2H3

InChI key

IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

m-Xylene is an isomeric form of xylene. Experimental values of density (ρ) and speed of sound (u) of its binary mixtures with diethyl carbonate (DEC) have been evaluated over the temperature range of 298.15-323.15K and at 0.1MPa atmospheric pressure.†

Application

m-Xylene may be used in the synthesis of isophthalic acid and phthalaldehyde.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

80.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

27 °C - closed cup

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Dragana Bozinovski et al.
FEMS microbiology ecology, 81(1), 134-144 (2012-03-01)
A sulfate-reducing consortium maintained for several years in the laboratory with m-xylene as sole source of carbon and energy was characterized by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) fingerprinting of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes and stable isotope probing of proteins
Michalis Koutinas et al.
Environmental microbiology, 12(6), 1705-1718 (2010-06-18)
The structure of the extant transcriptional control network of the TOL plasmid pWW0 born by Pseudomonas putida mt-2 for biodegradation of m-xylene is far more complex than one would consider necessary from a mere engineering point of view. In order
Riccardo Salvio et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 76(13), 5438-5443 (2011-05-27)
Artificial phosphodiesterases that combine a guanidinium unit with a general base connected by a m-xylylene linker catalyze the transesterification of the RNA model compound 2-hydroxypropyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate (HPNP). The bifunctional catalysts presented in this work show varying extents of cooperation
Sulak Sumitsawan et al.
Environmental science & technology, 45(16), 6970-6977 (2011-07-19)
Titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) is a preferred catalyst for photocatalytic oxidation of many air pollutants. In an effort to enhance its photocatalytic activity, TiO(2) was modified by pulsed plasma treatment. In this work, TiO(2) nanoparticles, coated on a glass plate, were
Rafael Silva-Rocha et al.
Environmental microbiology, 15(1), 271-286 (2012-11-23)
The TOL system encoded by plasmid pWW0 of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 is able to sense a large number of both exogenous and endogenous signals as inputs for the genetic and metabolic circuit that determines the biodegradation of m-xylene. However, whether
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