O Xylene

o-Xylene (ortho-xylene) is an aromatic hydrocarbon, based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).

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• B b pseudomonas sp ox1 toluene o xylene monooxygenase activity and regiospecificity
• 4 tert butyl o xylene
• References

It is a constitutional isomer of m-xylene and p-xylene.

o-Xylene is largely used in the production of phthalic anhydride, and is generally extracted by distillation from a mixed xylene stream in a plant primarily designed for p-xylene production.