15 Facts About Toluene

Toluene, known as toluol, is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon.

Toluene is predominantly used as an industrial feedstock and a solvent.

Toluene reacts as a normal aromatic hydrocarbon in electrophilic aromatic substitution.

Toluene reacts with potassium permanganate to yield benzoic acid, and with chromyl chloride to yield benzaldehyde.

Toluene is miscible with ethanol, benzene, diethyl ether, acetone, chloroform, glacial acetic acid and carbon disulfide, but immiscible with water.

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Toluene occurs naturally at low levels in crude oil and is a byproduct in the production of gasoline by a catalytic reformer or ethylene cracker.

Toluene is mainly used as a precursor to benzene via hydrodealkylation:.

Toluene can be used as an octane booster in gasoline fuels for internal combustion engines as well as jet fuel.

Toluene is used as a cement for fine polystyrene kits as it can be applied very precisely by brush and contains none of the bulk of an adhesive.

Toluene can be used to break open red blood cells in order to extract hemoglobin in biochemistry experiments.

Toluene has been used as a coolant for its good heat transfer capabilities in sodium cold traps used in nuclear reactor system loops.

Toluene had been used in the process of removing the cocaine from coca leaves in the production of Coca-Cola syrup.

Toluene is much less toxic than benzene, and as a consequence, largely replaced it as an aromatic solvent in chemical preparation.

Toluene is sometimes used as a recreational inhalant, likely on account of its euphoric and dissociative effects.

Toluene is used as an intoxicative inhalant in a manner unintended by manufacturers.