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Also known as ethenyl benzene, phenylethylene, styrene monomer, styrol, vinyl benzene, ethenylbenzene, phenylethene, vinylbenzene

Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH=CH2. Its structure consists of a vinyl group as substituent on benzene. Styrene is a colorless, oily liquid, although aged samples can appear yellowish. The compound evaporates easily and has a sweet smell, although high concentrations have a less pleasant odor. Styrene is the precursor to polystyrene and several copolymers, and is typically made from benzene for this purpose. Approximately 25 million tonnes of styrene were produced in 2010, increasing to around 35 million tonnes by 2018.

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Styrene is a chemical compound with the formula C₈H₈ and a mass of 104.063. Its IUPAC name is styrene. The substance has a density of 0.91 and a solubility of 0.03. It exhibits a melting point of -23 and -31, and a boiling point of 293. The vapor pressure is 5, and the flash point is 88.

Safety data for styrene includes an immediately dangerous to life or health level of 2982. The lower flammable limit is 0.9, while the upper flammable limit is 6.8. Exposure limits are defined with a time-weighted average of 426, a ceiling of 852, a maximum peak of 2556, and a short-term limit of 425. The ionization energy is 8.43.

Chemical properties include an xlogp of 2.9 and a topological polar surface area of 0. The molecule has no hydrogen bond donors or acceptors and carries a charge of 0. The canonical SMILES notation is C=CC1=CC=CC=C1.

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Chemical data

Formula
C8H8
Molecular weight
104.15 g/mol
IUPAC name
styrene
SMILES
C=CC1=CC=CC=C1
InChIKey
PPBRXRYQALVLMV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
2.9
Polar surface area
0 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
0
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Natural occurrence
  • History
  • Industrial production
  • From ethylbenzene
  • By dehydrogenation
  • Via ethylbenzene hydroperoxide
  • Other industrial routes
  • Pyrolysis gasoline extraction
  • From toluene and methanol
  • From benzene and ethane
  • Laboratory synthesis
  • Polymerization
  • Hazards
  • Autopolymerisation
  • Health effects
  • References
  • External links

Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH=CH2. Its structure consists of a vinyl group as substituent on benzene. Styrene is a colorless, oily liquid, although aged samples can appear yellowish. The compound evaporates easily and has a sweet smell, although high concentrations have a less pleasant odor. Styrene is the precursor to polystyrene and several copolymers, and is typically made from benzene for this purpose. Approximately 25 million tonnes of styrene were produced in 2010, increasing to around 35 million tonnes by 2018.

==Natural occurrence== Styrene is named after storax balsam (often commercially sold as styrax), the resin of Liquidambar trees of the Altingiaceae plant family. Styrene occurs naturally in small quantities in some plants and foods (cinnamon, coffee beans, balsam trees and peanuts) and is also found in coal tar.

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