Pyridine, 3-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₇N
• Molecular weight: 93.1265
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H7N/c1-6-3-2-4-7-5-6/h2-5H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ITQTTZVARXURQS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-99-6
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• Other names: 3-Picoline; β-Methylpyridine; β-Picoline; m-Picoline; 3-Methylpyridine; meta-Methylpyridine; beta-Picoline; 5-Methylpyridine; m-Methylpyridine; NSC 18251
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Wilson and Worrall, 1968
Wilson, J.W.; Worrall, I.J., Heats of solution of five substituted pyridines in 2N hydrochloric acid, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1968, 13, 537. [all data]

Waclawek and Hurwic, 1967
Waclawek, Z.; Hurwic, J., Dipole moment and spectroscopic studies of the 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene complexes with some pyridine derivatives in nonpolar solvents, Rocz. Chem., 1967, 41, 1993. [all data]

Assal, 1966
Assal, F.A., Vapour-liquid equilibria in phenol-pyridine base systems, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1966, 14, 603. [all data]

Bylicki and Jankun-Pinska, 1964
Bylicki, A.; Jankun-Pinska, J., Liquid-liquid equilibrium in series of ternary systems formed by pyridine bases, benzene and water. I. ternary systems: 3-picoline-benzene-water and 4-picoline-benzen-water, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1964, 12, 837. [all data]

Razniewska, 1964
Razniewska, T., Poliazeotropic ethylene glycol systems. I. a series of saddle azeotropes formed by ethylene glycol, phenol and pyridine bases, Rocz. Chem., 1964, 38, 851. [all data]

Razniewska, 1961
Razniewska, T., The positive-negative azeotrope glycol + phenol + beta-picoline, Rocz. Chem., 1961, 35, 665-70. [all data]

Brzostowski, Malanowski, et al., 1959
Brzostowski, W.; Malanowski, S.; Zieborak, K., Vapour-liquid equilibria in the 3-picoline-2,6-lutidine system, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci., Chim., Geol. Geogr., 1959, 7, 421-5. [all data]

Zieborak, Maczynska, et al., 1958
Zieborak, K.; Maczynska, Z.; Maczynski, A., Liquid-vapor equilibria in binary mixtures water + pyridine bases of the three degree fraction, Rocz. Chem., 1958, 32, 85. [all data]

Hopke and Sears, 1951
Hopke, E.R.; Sears, G.W., Vapor Pressures below 1 mm Hg of Several Aromatic Compounds, J. Chem. Phys., 1951, 19, 11, 1345, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1748057 . [all data]

Liplavk and Boliter, 1951
Liplavk, I.L.; Boliter, E.P., The Saturation Vapor Pressures of β-Picoline, γ-Picoline, and 2,6-Lutidine, J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 1951, 24, 207. [all data]

Othmer and Savitt, 1948
Othmer, D.F.; Savitt, S.A., Composition of vapors from boiling binary solutions, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1948, 40, 168. [all data]

Lecat, 1947
Lecat, M., Some azeotropes of which one constituant is heterocyclic nitrogen, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. 1, 1947, 61, 73. [all data]

Coulson and Jones, 1946
Coulson, E.A.; Jones, J.I., Studies in coal tar bases. i. separation of beta-and gamma-picolines and 2:6-lutidine, J. Soc. Chem. Ind., London, Trans. Commun., 1946, 65, 169. [all data]

Hackmann, Wibaut, et al., 1943
Hackmann, J.Th.; Wibaut, J.P.; Gitsels, H.P.L., Basic N compounds from cracked distillates of California petroleum, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1943, 62, 229. [all data]

Rau and Narayanaswamy, 1934
Rau, M.A.G.; Narayanaswamy, B.N., The determination of dipole moments using the method of diluted solutions: I and II, Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. B, 1934, 26, 23. [all data]

Von Auwers and Kraul, 1925
Von Auwers, K.; Kraul, R., The Spectrochemistry of Compounds Containing Nitrogen., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1925, 116, 438. [all data]

Heap, Jones, et al., 1921
Heap, J.G.; Jones, W.J.; Speakman, J.B., The preparation of pyridine and of certain of its homologs in a state of purity, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1921, 43, 1936. [all data]

Flaschner, 1909
Flaschner, O., The miscibility of the pyridine bases with water and the influence of a critical-solution point on the shape of the melting-point curve, J. Chem. Soc., 1909, 95, 668. [all data]

Constam and White, 1903
Constam, E.J.; White, J., Physico-chemical investigations in the pyridine series, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1903, 29, 1. [all data]

Bruhl, 1895
Bruhl, J.W., Spectrochemistry of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds. I., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1895, 16, 193. [all data]

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