Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An aromatic hydrocarbon, C9H12, occurring in petroleum and coal tar or synthesized from acetone and used as a solvent and synthetic intermediate.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Trimethyl benzin, an oily, colorless liquid, C,eH3(CII3)3, obtained from acetone distilled with half its volume of fuming sulphuric acid. It is a constituent of coal-tar.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The aromatic hydrocarbon 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene that is present in coal tar and crude oil; it has some use as a solvent

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[mesityl (oxide) + –ene.]

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Examples

  • Words like mesitylene, alkybenzenes, piperine naphthalene, and pinacol coupling reaction the last not what it sounds like.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Words like mesitylene, alkybenzenes, piperine naphthalene, and pinacol coupling reaction the last not what it sounds like.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • I believe that's the $65 / gallon test fuel made by blending pure isopentate with pure mesitylene that is being tested.

    unknown title 2009

  • Processing it into mesitylene and 2-methyl furan is gonna cost money.

    unknown title 2009

  • I don't believe they can economically make the blend shown in their patent, which is a mixture of ethyl acetate, 2-methyl furan, mesitylene, n-heptane and corn oil for $2 a gallon.

    unknown title 2009

  • | C_ {6} H_ {2} (CH_ {3}) _ {3} NO_ {2} Nitro-mesitylene.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

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