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mesitylen

mesitylen is the obsolete form of mesitylene.

Meaning of mesitylene

Noun

mesitylene (countable and uncountable, plural mesitylenes)

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

Questions about mesitylen

What is mesitylen the obsolete form of?
Mesitylen is the obsolete form of mesitylene.

Words near mesitylen in the dictionary

  1. mesitoates
  2. mesitoic acid
  3. mesitol
  4. mesityl
  5. mesityl oxide
  6. mesitylen
  7. mesitylenate
  8. mesitylene
  9. mesitylenes
  10. mesitylenic
  11. mesitylol

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