1-tert-Butyl-3,5-dimethylbenzene
[CAS# 98-19-1]

Identification

• Classification: API >> Respiratory medication >> Asthma
• Name: 1-tert-Butyl-3,5-dimethylbenzene
• Molecular Formula: C₁₂H₁₈
• Molecular Weight: 162.27
• CAS Registry Number: 98-19-1
• EC Number: 202-647-6

Properties

• Solubility: Insoluble (3.9E^-4 g/L) (25 ºC), Calc.^*
• Density: 0.8671 g/cm^3**
• Melting point: 86 ºC (ethanol )^***
• Boiling point: 207.3 ºC (760 Torr)^****
• Refractive index: 1.4962 (589.3 nm 20 ºC)^*****
• Flash point: 71.8±7.3 ºC, Calc.^*

^* Calculated using Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) Software V11.02 (©1994-2013 ACD/Labs)

^** Nightingale, Dorothy; Journal of the American Chemical Society 1939, V61, P101-4.

^*** Nightingale, Dorothy V.; Journal of the American Chemical Society 1954, V76, P5767-70.

^**** Schlatter, Maurice J.; Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Petrol. Chem., Symposium 1955, VNo. 35-S, P5-16.

^***** Brown, Herbert C.; Journal of the American Chemical Society 1953, V75, P20-4.

Safety Data

• Hazard Symbols: Xi
• Risk Codes: R36/37/38
• Safety Description: S26;S36

Hazard Classification

Hazard	Class	Category Code	Hazard Statement
Eye irritation	Eye Irrit.	2	H319
Skin irritation	Skin Irrit.	2	H315
Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure	STOT SE	3	H335