Mesitylene

• Formula: C₉H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 120.1916
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H12/c1-7-4-8(2)6-9(3)5-7/h4-6H,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AUHZEENZYGFFBQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-67-8
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• Other names: Benzene, 1,3,5-trimethyl-; s-Trimethylbenzene; 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene; sym-Trimethylbenzene; Fleet-X; TMB; UN 2325; 2,4,6-Trimethylbenzene; 3,5-Dimethyltoluene; NSC 9273; Trimethylbenzene; Trimethylbenzol; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (mesitylene); Trimethylbenzene (Related); Trimethylbenzol (Related)
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

References

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Taylor R.D., 1955
Taylor R.D., Entropy, heat capacity, and heats of transition of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, J. Chem. Phys., 1955, 23, 1232-1235. [all data]

Draeger, 1985
Draeger, J.A., The methylbenzenes II. Fundamental vibrational shifts, statistical thermodynamic functions, and properties of formation, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1985, 17, 263-275. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Pitzer K.S., 1943
Pitzer K.S., The thermodynamics and molecular structure of benzene and its methyl derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 803-829. [all data]

Taylor W.J., 1946
Taylor W.J., Heats, equilibrium constants, and free energies of formation of the alkylbenzenes, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand., 1946, 37, 95-122. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions

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