You will need to download and install a Java plug-in in order to view this applet. Download Sun's Java plug-in from here.

Click and drag your mouse inside the applet above to rotate the molecule in 3-D. Applet instructions...

Switch to another visualization applet:

	miniJaMM	open in new window...
	JaMM1
	JaMM2

m-Cresol

m-Cresol, a possible toxic carcinogen, has many applications in industry.

Chemical Formula: C₇H₈O₁

Other names: N,N,N',N'-tetraisopropyloxamide

Layman's explanation: M-Cresol is obtained from coal tar or petroleum as a clear to amber colored liquid or semi-solid. M-cresol has many applications such as plasticizers, gasoline additives, making explosives, pigments, disinfectants, antioxidants, fumigants and pharmaceutical intermediates. This aromatic compound has a phenolic odor and is even used in perfumes. Recent studies done by the U.S. National Toxicology Program have revealed that m-cresol is actually slightly to moderately toxic and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared that m-cresol is a possible carcinogen. m-cresol is currently not banned in the United States, however current research is focusing on its possible toxicity and cancer causing properties.

Keywords: carcinogen, disinfectant, fumigants, plasticizer

Crystallographic details...
More visualization options...
See other versions...

Reciprocal Net site software 0.9.1-50, copyright (c) 2002-2009, The Trustees of Indiana University
Files and data presented via this software are property of their respective owners.
Reciprocal Net is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation as part of the National Science Digital Library project.