mesitylenicadj.
/mᵻˌsɪtᵻˈlɛnɪk/, U.S. /məˌsɪdəˈlɛnɪk/ Chemistry.
Derived from mesitylene. mesitylenic acid n. 3,5-dimethylbenzoic acid, C6H3(CH3)2(COOH).
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1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. Suppl. 823 Mesitylenic acid is monobasic. All its salts are more or less soluble in water.
1885 I. Remsen Introd. Study Compounds of Carbon (1888) 246 Mesitylene..when boiled with dilute nitric acid,..yields mesitylenic acid, C9H10O2.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) xviii. 375 m-Xylene or iso-xylene can also be prepared from mesitylene..by oxidation to mesitylenic acid, C6H3(CH3)2(CO2H), and subsequent distillation with lime.
1953 I. Heilbron & H. M. Bunbury Dict. Org. Compounds (rev. ed.) III. 272/2 Mesitylenic aldehyde.
1973 Archiv f. Toxikologie 30 199 (title) Microdetermination of mesitylenic acid in human urine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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