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Names | |||
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Preferred IUPAC name
Toluene[2] | |||
Systematic IUPAC name
Methylbenzene | |||
Other names | |||
Identifiers | |||
3D model (JSmol)
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Abbreviations | PhMe MePh BnH Tol | ||
ChEBI | |||
ChEMBL | |||
ChemSpider | |||
DrugBank | |||
ECHA InfoCard | 100.003.297 | ||
KEGG | |||
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UNII | |||
UN number | 1294 | ||
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Properties | |||
C6H5CH3 | |||
Molar mass | 92.141 g·mol−1 | ||
Appearance | Colorless liquid[3] | ||
Odor | sweet, pungent, benzene-like[4] | ||
Density | 0.8623 g/mL (25 °C)[1] | ||
Melting point | −95.0 °C (−139.0 °F; 178.2 K)[1] | ||
Boiling point | 110.60 °C (231.08 °F; 383.75 K)[1] | ||
0.54 g/L (5 °C) 0.519 g/L (25 °C) 0.63 g/L (45 °C) 1.2 g/L (90 °C)[5] | |||
log P | 2.73[6] | ||
Vapor pressure | 2.8 kPa (20 °C)[4] | ||
−66.1·10−6 cm3/mol[7] | |||
Thermal conductivity | 0.1310 W/(m·K) (25 °C)[8] | ||
Refractive index (nD)
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1.4941 (25 °C)[1] | ||
Viscosity | 0.560 mPa·s (25 °C)[9] | ||
Structure | |||
0.375 D[10] | |||
Thermochemistry[11] | |||
Heat capacity (C)
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157.3 J/(mol·K) | ||
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
12.4 kJ/mol | ||
Std enthalpy of
combustion (ΔcH⦵298) |
3.910 MJ/mol | ||
Hazards | |||
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |||
Main hazards
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highly flammable | ||
GHS labelling: | |||
Danger | |||
H225, H304, H315, H336, H361d, H373 | |||
P210, P240, P301+P310, P302+P352, P308+P313, P314, P403+P233 | |||
NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |||
Flash point | 4 °C (39 °F; 277 K)[12] | ||
480[12] °C (896 °F; 753 K) | |||
Explosive limits | 1.1–7.1%[12] | ||
Threshold limit value (TLV)
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50 mL/m3, 190 mg/m3 | ||
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |||
LC50 (median concentration)
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>26700 ppm (rat, 1 h) 400 ppm (mouse, 24 h)[13] | ||
LCLo (lowest published)
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55,000 ppm (rabbit, 40 min)[13] | ||
NIOSH (US health exposure limits): | |||
PEL (Permissible)
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TWA 200 ppm C 300 ppm 500 ppm (10-minute maximum peak)[4] | ||
REL (Recommended)
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TWA 100 ppm (375 mg/m3) ST 150 ppm (560 mg/m3)[4] | ||
IDLH (Immediate danger)
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500 ppm[4] | ||
Safety data sheet (SDS) | SIRI.org | ||
Related compounds | |||
Related aromatic hydrocarbons
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benzene xylene naphthalene | ||
Related compounds
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methylcyclohexane methylcyclohexene | ||
Supplementary data page | |||
Toluene (data page) | |||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Toluene (/ˈtɒl.juiːn/), also known as toluol (/ˈtɒl.ju.ɒl, -ɔːl, -oʊl/), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon[15] with the chemical formula C6H5CH3, often abbreviated as PhCH3, where Ph stands for the phenyl group. It is a colorless, water-insoluble liquid with the odor associated with paint thinners. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of a methyl group (CH3) attached to a phenyl group by a single bond. As such, its systematic IUPAC name is methylbenzene. Toluene is predominantly used as an industrial feedstock and a solvent.
As the solvent in some types of paint thinner, permanent markers, contact cement and certain types of glue, toluene is sometimes used as a recreational inhalant[16] and has the potential of causing severe neurological harm.[17][18]
Toluene and xylene are preferred IUPAC names, but are not freely substitutable; toluene is substitutable under certain conditions, but only for general nomenclature (see P-15.1.8 for a general substitution rules for retained names).
Ullmann
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).