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2,4,6-Trimethylbenzoic acid

Catalog No. A11831 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 480-63-7 Website
M. F. C10H12O2 Telephone
M. W. 164.20108 Fax
Purity 99% Email
Storage Chembase ID: 81456

SYNONYMS

Title
2,4,6-三甲基苯甲酸
IUPAC name
2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic acid
Synonyms
Mesitoic acid
Mesitylene-2-carboxylic acid

DATABASE IDS

MDL Number MFCD00002481
EC Number 207-553-9
Beilstein Number 1866187
CAS Number 480-63-7

PROPERTIES

Purity 99%
Melting Point 153-155°C
RTECS DI0887010
TSCA Listed

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • The mixed anhydride with trifluoroacetic anhydride has been used to protect OH groups as mesitoate esters, very stable to base hydrolysis. The group can be removed reductively, e.g. with LiAlH4: J. Chem. Soc. (C), 2944 (1971), or AlH3: J. Org. Chem., 57, 3431 (1992).