Pentamethylbenzene, 99%

CAS: 700-12-9 | C11H16 | 148.249 g/mol

Catalog Number	Quantity
ALFL04163.22	100 g

Catalog number ALFL04163.22

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Specifications

Chemical Name or MaterialPentamethylbenzene

CAS700-12-9

Health Hazard 1H228

Health Hazard 2GHS H Statement
H228
Flammable solid.

Health Hazard 3P210-P240-P241-P280-P370+P378q

Pentamethylbenzene is used to prepare a mixture of nitropentamethylbenzene and 2,3,4,5-tetramethylbenzyl nitrate1. It was also used to prepare propene.

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Applications
Pentamethylbenzene is used to prepare a mixture of nitropentamethylbenzene and 2,3,4,5-tetramethylbenzyl nitrate1. It was also used to prepare propene.

Notes
Incompatible with oxidizing agents. Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place.

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

Yingxin Sun; Sheng Han. Mechanistic investigation of methanol to propene conversion catalyzed by H-beta zeolite: a two-layer ONIOM study.Journal of Molecular Modeling.2013, 19 (12), 5407-5422 .
S Bhattacharya; M Banerjee; A K Mukherjee. Study of the formation equilibria of electron donor-acceptor complexes between [60]fullerene and methylbenzenes by absorption spectrometric method.Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy.2001, 57 (7), 1463-1470 .
Can be used as a carbocation scavenger in the acid-promoted deblocking of peptides, e.g., t-butyl cations in the cleavage of N-Boc groups with TFA: Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun., 55, 1792 (1990). Similarly, has been used as an additive in the cleavage of O-benzyl and N-Cbz (Z) groups: Chem. Pharm. Bull., 35, 3438 (1987). See also Appendix 6.