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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.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H8O
- Molecular weight
- 108.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-methylphenol
- SMILES
- CC1=CC(=CC=C1)O
- InChIKey
- RLSSMJSEOOYNOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
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- found in taxon
- Saxifraga stolonifera
- 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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- Production
- Applications
- Natural occurrences
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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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