Benzene, 1,3-dimethyl- (2024)

• 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

  

• IUPAC Standard InChIKey:IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• CAS Registry Number: 108-38-3
• Chemical structure:
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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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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
P = vapor pressure (bar)
T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

References

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Data compilation copyrightby the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A.All rights reserved.

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Daniels, A.C.,Thermal Data on Organic Compounds: VII The Heat Capacities, Entropies and Free Energies of Twelve Aromatic Hydrocarbons,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 1547-58. [all data]

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Ambrose, 1987
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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]

Glaser and Ruland, 1957
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Altschul, 1893
Altschul, M.,The critical values of some organic compounds,Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1893, 11, 577. [all data]

Akhundov and Asadullaeva, 1968
Akhundov, T.S.; Asadullaeva, N.N.,Specific volumes of m-xylene near the critical point,Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Neft Gaz, 1968, 11, 6, 836. [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]

Swiatek and Malanowski, 2002
Swiatek, Barbara E.; Malanowski, Stanislaw K.,Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium in m -Xylene + Cyclohexanol at 19.99 and 94.93 kPa,J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 3, 478-481, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010246z. [all data]

Park and Gmehling, 1989
Park, So Jin; Gmehling, Juergen,Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the binary systems 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene/N-formylmorpholine and m-xylene/N-formylmorpholine,J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1989, 34, 4, 399-401, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00058a008. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw,Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2. [all data]

Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945
Willingham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D.,Vapor pressures and boiling points of some paraffin, alkylcyclopentane, alkylcyclohexane, and alkylbenzene hydrocarbons,J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1945, 35, 3, 219-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009. [all data]

Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949
Forziati, Alphonse F.; Norris, William R.; Rossini, Frederick D.,Vapor pressures and boiling points of sixty API-NBS hydrocarbons,J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1949, 43, 6, 555-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.043.050. [all data]

Machat, 1983
Machat, V.,, Thesis, Utzcht, Prague, 1983. [all data]

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

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E.,The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Williamham, Taylor, et al., 1945
Williamham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D.,Vapor Pressures and Boiling Points of Some Paraffin, Alkylcyclopentane, Alkylcyclohexane, and Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons,J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), 1945, 35, 3, 219-244, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D.,Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III,J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985. [all data]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930, 2
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Daniels, A.C.,Thermal data on organic compounds. VII. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of twelve aromatic hydrocarbons,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 1547-1558. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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