2,6-Xylidine

C8H11NCAS 87-62-7121.18 g/mol

H2N
Primary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H11N
Molar mass
121.18 g/mol
Exact mass
121.0891 Da
Density
0.9842 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
11.2 °C
Boiling point
216 °C
pKa
3.95 (25 °C)
Flash point
91 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
7 g/L (20 °C)
logP
1.89Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
26.0 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI, index 612-161-00-X), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P203, P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P317, P318, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P362+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
87-62-7
SMILES
Cc1cccc(C)c1N
InChIKey
UFFBMTHBGFGIHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H11N/c1-6-4-3-5-7(2)8(6)9/h3-5H,9H2,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Benzenamine, 2,6-dimethyl-
  • 2,6-Dimethylbenzenamine
  • 2,6-Dimethylaniline
  • o-Xylidine
  • 2-Amino-1,3-dimethylbenzene
  • 2-Amino-1,3-xylene
  • 2-Amino-m-xylene
  • 1-Amino-2,6-dimethylbenzene
  • 2,6-Xylylamine
  • 2,6-Dimethylphenylamine
  • NSC 7098
  • 2,6-Dimethylaminobenzene

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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