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mesitylenes

mesitylenes is the plural 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 mesitylenes

What is mesitylenes the plural of?
Mesitylenes is the plural of mesitylene.

Words near mesitylenes in the dictionary

  1. mesityl
  2. mesityl oxide
  3. mesitylen
  4. mesitylenate
  5. mesitylene
  6. mesitylenes
  7. mesitylenic
  8. mesitylol
  9. mesityls
  10. Meske
  11. Mesker

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