Toluene 3D Molecular Model — CAS 108-88-3

Toluene (C7H8, CAS 108-88-3) — a free educational 3D molecular model for teachers and students, by MolGod.org. Each atom is labelled with its own engraved element symbol: no colour chart needed.

Look at the skeleton first: Toluene contains one aromatic 6-membered ring, and students can trace 15 bonds (9 single and 6 aromatic). Hand the model round and let students tally the engraved atoms: 7 C + 8 H, 15 in total. A good fit for lessons on aromaticity and delocalised electrons. Want a comparison? The most similar structures in the MolGod.org collection are o-xylene (CAS 95-47-6) and p-cresol (CAS 106-44-5). It has no hydrogen-bond donors or acceptors (computed), a useful contrast with alcohols and amines when you discuss intermolecular forces.

MolGod.org builds and releases these models at no cost for chemistry teaching. Teachers: hand out printed copies and ask students to rebuild the structural formula from the model.

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A ball-and-stick model of Toluene with each element symbol recessed into its atom sphere, generated by MolGod.org from a PubChem-computed 3D conformer (not an experimental crystal structure); atomic coordinates and connectivity are unchanged. STL mesh: 189,682 triangles, closed (watertight) single solid. Coordinates in ångström (STL stores no unit) — scale the model deliberately in your slicer.

Names in other languages: Toluol (de); toluène (fr); tolueen (nl); toluen (pl); 甲苯 (zh).

Chemical identity - CAS Registry Number: 108-88-3 - Molecular formula: C7H8 - Molar mass: 92.14 g/mol (exact mass 92.062600255) - IUPAC name: toluene - MolGod ID: MG_139-568-630-43 (https://molgod.org/id/MG_139-568-630-43) - PubChem CID: 1140 (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1140) - Wikidata: Q15779 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15779) - EC number: 203-625-9 - ChemSpider ID: 1108 - InChIKey: YXFVVABEGXRONW-UHFFFAOYSA-N - SMILES: Cc1ccccc1

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