m-Xylene

m-Xylene
m-Xylene
Identifiers
CAS number 108-38-3 YesY
PubChem 7929
ChemSpider 7641 YesY
UNII O9XS864HTE N
KEGG C07208 N
ChEBI CHEBI:28488 N
ChEMBL CHEMBL286727 N
RTECS number ZE2275000
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Properties
Molecular formula C8H10
Molar mass 106.16 g/mol
Appearance Colorless liquid
Density 0.86 g/mL
Melting point

-48 °C, 225 K, -54 °F

Boiling point

139 °C, 412 K, 282 °F

Solubility in water insoluble
Solubility in ethanol very soluble
Solubility in diethyl ether very soluble
Refractive index (nD) 1.49722
Viscosity 0.8059 cP at 0 °C
0.6200 cP at 20 °C
Hazards
MSDS External MSDS
R-phrases R10 R20 R21 R38
S-phrases S25
Main hazards Harmful or fatal if swallowed. Vapor harmful. Flammable liquid and vapor.
NFPA 704
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1
0
Flash point 25 °C
Related compounds
Related aromatic
hydrocarbons
benzene
toluene
o-xylene
p-xylene
Supplementary data page
Structure and
properties
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Thermodynamic
data
Phase behaviour
Solid, liquid, gas
Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

m-Xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, based on benzene with two methyl substituents.

It is an isomer of o-xylene and p-xylene. The m stands for meta, meaning the two methyl substituents are at locants 1 and 3 on the aromatic ring.

The major chemical use of metaxylene is in the manufacture of isophthalic acid, which is used as a copolymer to alter the properties of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) making PET more suitable for the manufacture of soft drinks bottles. It is also used as a raw material in the manufacture of 2,4- and 2,6-xylidine as well as a range of smaller-volume chemicals[1].

References

  1. ^ Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals, third edition, page 9692.

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