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Definition of: mesitylene
(mə·sit′ə·lēn, -lin) noun Chem.
A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C9H12, made by heating acetone with concentrated sulfuric acid. [<mesityl a hypothetical organic radical (<Gk. mesitēs mediator + -YL) + -ENE]
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