Benzene, 1,3-dimethyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 106.1650
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H10/c1-7-4-3-5-8(2)6-7/h3-6H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-38-3
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• Other names: m-Xylene; m-Dimethylbenzene; m-Xylol; 1,3-Dimethylbenzene; 1,3-Xylene; 2,4-Xylene; m-Methyltoluene; meta-Xylene; NSC 61769; UN 1307; 1,3-dimethylbenzene (m-xylene)
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References

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