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
• Chemical structure:
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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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Critical temperature

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995
Tsonopoulos, C.; Ambrose, D., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 3. Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 547-558. [all data]

Kay and Pak, 1980
Kay, W.B.; Pak, S.C., Determination of the critical constants of high-boiling hydrocarbons. Experiments with gallium as a containing fluid, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 673. [all data]

Powell, Swinton, et al., 1970
Powell, R.J.; Swinton, F.L.; Young, C.L., The thermodynamic properties of fluorocarbon-hycrocarbon mixtures 3. Gas- Liquid critical temperatures and a comparison with the theory of Rowlinson and Sutton, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1970, 2, 105. [all data]

Ambrose, Broderick, et al., 1967
Ambrose, D.; Broderick, B.E.; Townsend, R., The Vapour Pressures above the Normal Boiling Point and the Critical Pressures of Some Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Soc. , 1967, 1967, 1967, 633-41. [all data]

Ambrose, Cox, et al., 1960
Ambrose, D.; Cox, J.D.; Townsend, R., The critical temperatures of forty organic compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1960, 56, 1452. [all data]

Brown, 1906
Brown, J.C., The critical temperature and value of ml/theta of some carbon compounds, J. Chem. Soc., Trans., 1906, 89, 311. [all data]

Altschul, 1893
Altschul, M., The critical values of some organic compounds, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1893, 11, 577. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tc	Critical temperature

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