metacresol
Sign in to saveAlso known as meta-Cresol, 3-Cresol, m-Cresylic acid, 1-Hydroxy-3-methylbenzene, 3-Hydroxytoluene, 3-Methyl phenol, m-methylphenol, 3-methylphenol
'''meta-Cresol, also 3-methylphenol', is an organic compound with the formula CH3C6H4(OH). It is a colourless, viscous liquid that is used as an intermediate in the production of other chemicals. It is a derivative of phenol and is an isomer of p-cresol and o''-cresol.
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It is catalogued under topics including 3-Tolyl compounds, Chembox having GHS data and Chembox image size set.
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 108.058
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₈O
- boiling point
- 202.27
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CC(=CC=C1)O
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0155
- density
- 1.03
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 1107.5
- melting point
- 11.8
- vapor pressure
- 0.14
- flash point
- 187
- solubility
- 2
- lower flammable limit
- 1.1
- ionization energy
- 8.29
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 10
- Commons category
- M-Cresol
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'''meta-Cresol, also 3-methylphenol', is an organic compound with the formula CH3C6H4(OH). It is a colourless, viscous liquid that is used as an intermediate in the production of other chemicals. It is a derivative of phenol and is an isomer of p-cresol and o-cresol.
==Production== Together with many other compounds, m-cresol is traditionally extracted from coal tar, the volatile materials obtained in the production of coke from (bituminous) coal. This residue contains a few percent by weight of phenol and isomeric cresols. In the cymene–cresol process, toluene is alkylated with propylene to give isomers of cymene, which can be oxidatively dealkylated analogous to the cumene process. Another method, involves carbonylation of a mixture of methallyl chloride and acetylene in the presence of nickel carbonyl.
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