methylbenzenen.
/ˌmiːθʌɪlˈbɛnziːn/, /ˌmɛθʌɪlˈbɛnziːn/, /ˌmɛθ(ɪ)lˈbɛnziːn/, U.S. /ˌmɛθəlˈbɛnˌzin/ Chemistry.
Toluene, C6H5CH3.
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retinaphtha1837
toluol1848
nitrotoluene1871
toluene1871
methylbenzene1879
trinitrotoluene1908
1879 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 170 269 Toluene.—Methylbenzene, BP. 111° C.
1891 Proc. Royal Soc. 1890–91 49 314 Respiration usually failed before the heart, or nearly at the same time, in poisoning by the methylbenzenes and oxybenzenes.
1921 J. S. Chamberlain Textbk. Org. Chem. ii. i. 479 This proves that toluene is methyl benzene.
1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. xix. 376 The first homologue is methylbenzene, C6H5.CH3, known as ‘toluene’.
1981 J. W. Buttle et al. Chem. (ed. 4) xix. 415 The reaction of benzene with bromomethane yields some 1,2- and 1,4-dimethylbenzenes as well as methylbenzene.
1998 Food Additives & Contaminants 15 842 Plastics were extracted both with dichloromethane and methylbenzene, and analysed..to identify the maximum possible number of compounds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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