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mesitylene definition

me·sity·lene (mi sit′'l ēn′)

noun

a colorless, aromatic hydrocarbon, CH(CH), found in coal tar or made by distillation of a mixture of sulfuric acid and acetone

Etymology: mesityl (< Gr mesitēs, mediator < mesos, mid + -yl) + -ene

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