DURENE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 95-93-2

DURENE
EINECS NO. 202-465-7
FORMULA C6H2(CH3)4
MOL WT. 134.22

H.S. CODE

 2902.90
TOXICITY Oral rat LD50: 6989 mg/kg
SYNONYMS 1,2,4,5-Tetramethylbenzene; Durol; 2,5-Dimethyl-p-Xylene;
SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE white crystalline powder
MELTING POINT 78 - 81 C
BOILING POINT 193 - 197 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 0.835 - 0.840
SOLUBILITY IN WATER Insoluble
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY  

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 Health: 1; Flammability: 2 ; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

  
FLASH POINT 73 C
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

APPLICATIONS
Durene, common name of 1,2,4,5-Tetramethylbenzene, is used as a solvent and as an Intermediate for manufacturing pyromelletic acid which is used for manufacturing curing agents, adhesives and coating materials. It is used in manufacturing raw material of engineering plastics (polyimides) and cross-linking agent for alkyd resin.

ALKYL SUBSTITUTED BENZENE DERIVATIVES

Name

Systemic name

CAS RN

M.P กษ

B.P กษ
Toluene Methylbenzene 108-88-3 -93 110.6
Ethylbenzene

 

 100-41-4 -94.9

136

n-Propylbenzene

 Propylbenzene 103-65-1 -101.6 159
n-Butylbenzene Butylbenzene 104-51-8

-88

183
Cumene Isopropylbenzene 98-82-8

-96

151
o-Xylene 1,2-Dimethylbenzene 95-47-6 -25.2 144
m-Xylene 1,3-Dimethylbenzene 108-38-3 -47.9 139
p-Xylene 1,4-Dimethylbenzene 106-42-3 13.3 138.3
Hemimellitene 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene 95-36-3

 

 
Mesitylene 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene 108-67-8 -44.7 165
Pseudocumene 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 95-63-6 -43.8 169
o-Ethyltoluene 1-Methyl-2-ethylbenzene 611-14-3

-17

154
m-Ethyltoluene 1-Methyl-3-ethylbenzene 620-14-4

 

161
p-Ethyltoluene 1-Methyl-4-ethylbenzene 622-96-8

-62

162
o-Diethylbenzene 1,2-Diethylbenzene 135-01-3 -31

183
m-Diethylbenzene 1,3-Diethylbenzene 141-93-5 -84 181
p-Diethylbenzene 1,4-Diethylbenzene 105-05-5 -43 184
o-Propyltoluene 1-Methyl-2-n-propylbenzene 1074-17-5

 

185
m-Propyltoluene 1-Methyl-3-n-propylbenzene 1074-43-7

 

182
o-Propyltoluene 1-Methyl-4-n-propylbenzene 1074-55-1

-64

183
o-Cymene 1-Methyl-2-isopropylbenzene 527-84-4 -71 178

m-Cymene

 1-Methyl-3-isopropylbenzene 535-77-3 -64 175
p-Cymene 1-Methyl-4-isopropylbenzene 99-87-6 -67 176
o-Diisopropylbenzene 1,2-Diisopropylbenzene 577-55-9

 

204
m-Diisopropylbenzene 1,3-Diisopropylbenzene 99-62-7

-63

203
p-Diisopropylbenzene 1,4-Diisopropylbenzene 100-18-5

-17

203
o-Butyltoluene 1-Butyl-2-methylbenzene 1595-11-5

 

 
m-Butyltoluene 1-Butyl-3-methylbenzene 1595-04-6

 

205
p-Butyltoluene 1-Butyl-4-methylbenzene 1595-05-7

 

207

o-Dibutylbenzene

 1,2-Dibutylbenzene

 

 

 

m-Dibutylbenzene

 1,3-Dibutylbenzene 17171-74-3

 

 

p-Dibutylbenzene

 1,4-Dibutylbenzene 1571-86-4

 

 
tert-Butylbenzene

 

 98-06-6

-58

169
1,2,4,5-Tetra-tert-butylbenzene

 

 796-97-4

 

 
o-Di-tert-Butylbenzene 1,2-Di-tert-butylbenzene 3370-28-3

 

 

m-Di-tert-Butylbenzene

 1,3-Di-tert-butylbenzene 3370-27-2

 

 
p-Di-tert-Butylbenzene 1,4-Di-tert-butylbenzene 1012-72-2

75

236
4-tert-Butyltoluene 1-Methyl-4-tert-butylbenzene 98-51-1

-52

193
5-tert-Butyl-m-xylene 1,3-Dimethyl-5-tert-butylbenzene 98-19-1

-18

205
Prehnitene 1,2,3,4-Tetramethylbenzene 488-23-3

-6

205
Durene 1,2,4,5-Tetramethylbenzene 95-93-2

76

197
Isodurene 1,2,3,5-Tetramethylbenzene 527-53-7

-24

198
Mellitene Hexamethylbenzene 87-85-4

164

264
Hexaethylbenzene

 

 604-88-6

129

298
Hexadecylbenzene

 

 1459-09-2

27

385
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

white crystalline powder

CONTENT

97.0% min
MELTING POINT 76 - 81 C

TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 25kgs in bag
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: n/a, Risk Phrases: n/a, Safety Phrases: 9-16-24/25-28A-33-37-45