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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''p''-Cymene}}
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| Name = Cymene |Name = ''p''-Cymene
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| ImageFileL1 = P-Cymol.svg
|ImageFileL1 = P-Cymol.svg
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| ImageNameL1 = Skeletal formula |ImageNameL1 = Skeletal formula
|ImageFileR1 = Cymene-3D-balls.png
| ImageSizeR1 = 110px
|ImageNameR1 = Ball-and-stick model
| ImageFileR1 = Cymene-3D-balls.png
|PIN = 1-Methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene<ref>{{cite book | title = Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book) | publisher = ] | date = 2014 | location = Cambridge | pages = 139, 597 | doi = 10.1039/9781849733069-FP001 | isbn = 978-0-85404-182-4}}</ref>
| ImageNameR1 = Ball-and-stick model
|OtherNames = ''para''-Cymene<br />4-Isopropyltoluene<br />4-Methylcumene<br />Paracymene
| IUPACName = 1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)benzene
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| OtherNames = 4-Isopropyltoluene; Paracymene
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|UNII = 1G1C8T1N7Q
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| UNII = 1G1C8T1N7Q |RTECS = GZ5950000
| KEGG = C06575 |UNNumber = 2046
|Gmelin = 305912
| InChIKey = HFPZCAJZSCWRBC-UHFFFAOYAD
|Beilstein = 1903377
| ChEMBL = 442915
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| SMILES = c1cc(ccc1C(C)C)C
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|C=10 | H=14
|Density = 0.857 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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| Formula = C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>14</sub>
| MolarMass = 134.21 g/mol
| Density = 0.857 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
| MeltingPt = -68°C
| BoilingPt = 177°C
| Solubility = Negligible
| Appearance = Colourless liquid
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'''Cymene''', or '''''p''-cymene''', is a naturally occurring ] ]. It is classified as a ] related to a ]. Its structure consists of a benzene ring ''para''-substituted with a methyl group and an isopropyl group. It is insoluble in water, but miscible with ] and ]. '''''p''-Cymene''' is a naturally occurring ] ]. It is classified as an ] related to monocyclic ]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Balahbib |first=Abdelaali |last2=El Omari |first2=Nasreddine |last3=Hachlafi |first3=Naoufal EL. |last4=Lakhdar |first4=Fatima |last5=El Menyiy |first5=Naoual |last6=Salhi |first6=Najoua |last7=Mrabti |first7=Hanae Naceiri |last8=Bakrim |first8=Saad |last9=Zengin |first9=Gokhan |last10=Bouyahya |first10=Abdelhakim |date=2021-07-01 |title=Health beneficial and pharmacological properties of p-cymene |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278691521002921#:~:text=p%2Dcymene%20also%20known%20as,of%20terpenes%2C%20especially%20monocyclic%20monoterpenes. |journal=Food and Chemical Toxicology |volume=153 |pages=112259 |doi=10.1016/j.fct.2021.112259 |issn=0278-6915}}</ref> Its structure consists of a ] ring ] with a ] and an ]. ''p''-Cymene is insoluble in water, but miscible with ]s.


==Isomers and production==
Cymene is a constituent of a number of ]s, most commonly the oil of ] and ].
In addition to ''p''-cymene, two less common geometric isomers are ], in which the alkyl groups are ''ortho''-substituted, and ], in which they are ''meta''-substituted. ''p''-Cymene is the only natural isomer, as expected from the ]. All three isomers form the group of ].


Cymene is also produced by ] of ] with ].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alkylation|first1=Bipin V.|last1=Vora|first2=Joseph A.|last2=Kocal|first3=Paul T.|last3=Barger|first4=Robert J.|last4=Schmidt|first5=James A.|last5=Johnson|year=2003|encyclopedia=Kirk‐Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology|doi=10.1002/0471238961.0112112508011313.a01.pub2|isbn=0471238961}}</ref>
There are two less common geometric isomers. ''o''-Cymene, in which the alkyl groups are ''ortho''-substituted, and ''m''-cymene, in which they are ''meta''-substituted. ''p''-Cymene is the only natural isomer.


==Related compounds==
Cymene is a common ligand for ruthenium. The parent compound is <sub>2</sub>]]. This ] is prepared by the reaction of ] with the terpene α-]. The osmium complex is also known.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Bennett, M. A.; Huang, T. N.; Matheson, T. W. and Smith, A. K. | title = (h6-Hexamethylbenzene)ruthenium complexes | journal = ] | year = 1982 | volume = 21 | pages = 74–8 | doi = 10.1002/9780470132524.ch16}}</ref>
It is a constituent of a number of ]s, most commonly the oil of ] and ]. Significant amounts are formed in sulfite pulping process from the wood terpenes.


''p''-Cymene is a common ligand for ]. The parent compound is <sub>2</sub>]]. This ] is prepared by the reaction of ] with the terpene α-]. The ] complex is also known.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=M. A. |last1=Bennett |first2=T.-N. |last2=Huang |first3=T. W. |last3=Matheson |first4=A. K. |last4=Smith | title = (''η''<sup>6</sup>-Hexamethylbenzene)Ruthenium Complexes | journal = ] | year = 1982 | volume = 21 | pages = 74–78 | doi = 10.1002/9780470132524.ch16|isbn=9780470132524 }}</ref>
Significant amounts of cymene are formed in sulfite pulping process from the wood terpenes.


Hydrogenation gives the saturated derivative ].
==References==

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