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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
78.11
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-753-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
969212
MDL number:
grade:
ACS reagent
assay:
≥99.0%
bp:
80 °C (lit.)
vapor pressure:
166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)
74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)
74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)
Product Name
Benzene, ACS reagent, ≥99.0%
InChI key
UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
1S/C6H6/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H
SMILES string
c1ccccc1
grade
ACS reagent
vapor density
2.77 (vs air)
vapor pressure
166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)
74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)
assay
≥99.0%
form
liquid
autoignition temp.
1043 °F
expl. lim.
8 %
dilution
(for analytical testing)
impurities
H2SO4, passes test (darkened)
thiophene, passes test (limit ∼1ppm)
≤0.005% S compounds
≤0.05% water (Karl Fischer)
evapn. residue
≤0.001%
color
APHA: ≤10
refractive index
n20/D 1.501 (lit.)
bp
80 °C (lit.)
mp
5.5 °C (lit.)
density
0.874 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
Quality Level
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Application
Benzene can be used as a solvent in the:
- Heck Reaction of vinyl bromides with styrenes to synthesize functionalized 1,3-dienes.
- Gallium-catalyzed reductive lactonization of γ-keto acids to γ-lactone derivatives.
- Anionic polymerization of styrene and 1,3-butadiene in the presence of phosphazene as a base.
General description
Benzene is a monocyclic aromatic compound used as a solvent in chemical reactions. It is an essential raw material for fuels, rubber and plastics products, detergents, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals.
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Premium ACS Solvents: Our solvents meet or exceed the stringent standards set by the American Chemical Society, ensuring high quality and reliability for your laboratory applications.
Replicable and Publishable Results: Designed for consistency, our solvents deliver results that can be reliably reproduced, making them ideal for research that requires publication.
Versatile Applications: Suitable for routine chemical synthesis, drying, purification, and critical labware cleaning, our solvents cater to a wide range of research needs in the laboratory.
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Danger
Hazard Classifications
Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Carc. 1A - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Muta. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1
target_organs
Blood
Storage Class
3 - Flammable liquids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
12.2 °F
flash_point_c
-11 °C
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Jelle Vlaanderen et al.
Environmental health perspectives, 119(2), 159-167 (2010-10-01)
The use of occupational cohort studies to assess the association of benzene and lymphoma is complicated by problems with exposure misclassification, outcome classification, and low statistical power. We performed meta-analyses of occupational cohort studies for five different lymphoma categories: Hodgkin
Cliona M McHale et al.
Carcinogenesis, 33(2), 240-252 (2011-12-15)
Benzene causes acute myeloid leukemia and probably other hematological malignancies. As benzene also causes hematotoxicity even in workers exposed to levels below the US permissible occupational exposure limit of 1 part per million, further assessment of the health risks associated
Scott M Arnold et al.
Critical reviews in toxicology, 43(2), 119-153 (2013-01-26)
Abstract A framework of "Common Criteria" (i.e. a series of questions) has been developed to inform the use and evaluation of biomonitoring data in the context of human exposure and risk assessment. The data-rich chemical benzene was selected for use
David Galbraith et al.
Critical reviews in toxicology, 40 Suppl 2, 1-46 (2010-10-14)
Over the last century, benzene has been a well-studied chemical, with some acute and chronic exposures being directly associated with observed hematologic effects in humans and animals. Chronic heavy exposures to benzene have also been associated with acute myelogenous leukemia
Audrey Smargiassi et al.
Environmental research, 132, 38-45 (2014-04-20)
The acute cardiorespiratory effects of air quality among children living in areas with considerable heavy industry have not been well investigated. We conducted a panel study of children with asthma living in proximity to an industrial complex housing two refineries
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