Substance:Toluene

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• Molecular formula: C₇H₈
• Molar mass: 92.138
• CAS Registry Number: 108-88-3
• Appearance: Toluene, Environmental Grade, 99.8+%; Toluene, anhydrous, 99.8%, packaged under Argon in resealable ChemSeal^t bottles; Toluene, anhydrous, 99.8%; Toluene, ACS, 99.5%; Toluene, HPLC Grade, 99.7% min; Toluene, 99%; Toluene, Environmental Grade, 99.8+%; Toluene, anhydrous, 99.8%, packaged under Argon in resealable ChemSeal^t bottles; Toluene, anhydrous, 99.8%; Toluene, ACS, 99.5%; Toluene, HPLC Grade, 99.7% min; Toluene, 99%; Colorless liquid with a sweet, pungent, benzene-like odor.; Colourless liquid with a benzene-like odour (odour threshold 0.17 ppm)
• Melting point: -93 °C
• Boiling point: 110.6 °C
• Solubility: Water, 526 mg/L (25 deg C)
• Safety sheet: Not available
• Spectra: ChemSpider (IR, ¹H NMR (1, 2), ¹³C NMR, UV), NMRShiftDB ¹³C NMR, Massbank MS (1, 2, 3, 4), also check on SDBS. Add Spectra (Help).

From Wikipedia

Toluene, formerly known as toluol, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, i.e., one in which a single hydrogen atom from six groups of atoms from the benzene molecule has been replaced by a univalent group, in this case CH₃.

It is an aromatic hydrocarbon that is widely used as an industrial feedstock and as a solvent. Like other solvents, toluene is sometimes also used as an inhalant drug for its intoxicating properties; however, inhaling toluene has potential to cause severe neurological harm. Toluene is an important organic solvent, but is also capable of dissolving a number of notable inorganic chemicals such as sulfur.

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Other names

Toluene (IUPAC Name); Methyl benzene; Methyl-benzene; Phenyl-methane; methylbenzene; phenyl methane; phenylmethane

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