| Chemical |
3-methylbenzoic acid |
| CAS-number : |
99-04-7 |
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| Synonyms : |
| m-toluic acid |
| m-toluylic acid |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| C8H8O2 |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2027239 |
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| Uses : |
Organic synthesis, to form N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, a
broad-spectrum insect repellent.
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| State and appearance : |
White to yellowish crystals
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| Spesicif gravity (water=1) : |
| 1.0543 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| 109 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 263 |
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| pKa : |
| 4.27 |
Sangster 1989 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 2.37 |
ANON 1986 |
| 2.37 |
Sangster 1989 |
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| Other physicochemical properties : |
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether.
Combustible.
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References |
| 2283 | Anon.1986a.
Evaluation of the OECD laboratory intercomparison
testing on the determination of the partition coefficient
n-octanol-water by reverse phase HPLC.
Report.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie. |
| 3104 | Sangster, J. 1989.
Octanol-water partition coefficients of
simple organic compounds.
J.
Phys.
Chem.
Ref.
Data, Vol 18, No.
3: 1111 - 1229. |
