88-74-4 Usage
Chemical Properties
orange solid
Uses
2-Nitroaniline is the main precursor to?phenylenediamines, which are converted to?benzimidazoles, a family of?heterocycles?that are key components in pharmaceuticals.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 77, p. 5688, 1955 DOI: 10.1021/ja01626a066Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 1, p. 388, 1941
General Description
Orange solid with a musty odor. Sinks and mixes slowly with water.
Air & Water Reactions
Insoluble in water.
Reactivity Profile
2-Nitroaniline may be sensitive to prolonged exposure to light. Mixtures of 2-Nitroaniline with magnesium are hypergolic on contact with nitric acid. 2-Nitroaniline forms extremely explosive addition compounds with hexanitroethane. 2-Nitroaniline has a vigorous reaction with sulfuric acid above 392° F. 2-Nitroaniline is incompatible with acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides, chloroformates and strong oxidizers.
Hazard
Explosion risk. Toxic when absorbed by
skin.
Health Hazard
Inhalation or ingestion causes headache, nausea, methemo- globinemia, vomiting, weakness, and stupor; cyanosis caused by contact usually develops in 4-6 hrs.; prolonged and excessive exposure may also cause liver damage. Contact with eyes or skin causes irritation; continued exposure may cause same symptoms as inhalation or ingestion.
Safety Profile
A poison. Moderately
toxic by ingestion. Mildly toxic by skin
contact. Mutation data reported. Mixtures
with magnesium are hypergolic on contact
with nitric acid. Forms extremely explosive
addltion compounds with hexanitroethane.
Vigorous reaction with sulfuric acid above
200°C. When heated to decomposition it
emits toxic fumes of NOx. See also m-
NITROANILINE, p-NITROANILINE,
and ANILINE DYES.
Environmental fate
Biological. Under aerobic and anaerobic conditions using a sewage inoculum, 2-nitroaniline
degraded to 2-methylbenzimidazole and 2-nitroacetanilide (Hallas and Alexander, 1983). A
Pseudomonas sp. strain P6, isolated from a Matapeake silt loam, did not grow on 2-nitroaniline as
the sole source of carbon. However, in the presence of 4-nitroaniline, approximately 50% of the
applied 2-nitroaniline metabolized to nonvolatile products which could not be identified by HPLC
(Zeyer and Kearney, 1983). In activated sludge inoculum, following a 20-d adaptation period, no
degradation was observed (Pitter, 1976).
Plant. 2-Nitroaniline was degraded by tomato cell suspension cultures (Lycopericon
lycopersicum). Transformation products identified were 2-nitroanilino-β-D-glucopyranoside, β-(2-
amino-3-nitrophenyl)glucopyranoside, and β-(4-amino-3-nitrophenyl)-glucopyranoside (Pogány et
al., 1990).
Purification Methods
Crystallise the aniline from hot water (charcoal), then from aqueous 50% EtOH, or EtOH, and dry it in a vacuum desiccator. It has also been chromatographed on alumina, then recrystallised from *benzene. [Beilstein 12 IV 1563.]
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 88-74-4 includes 5 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 2 digits, 8 and 8 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 7 and 4 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 88-74:
(4*8)+(3*8)+(2*7)+(1*4)=74
74 % 10 = 4
So 88-74-4 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
88-74-4Relevant articles and documents
Virtual Transition State for the Acylation Step of Acetylcholinesterase-Catalysed Hydrolysis of o-Nitrochloroacetanilide
Quinn, Daniel M.,Swanson, Michael L.
, p. 1883 - 1884 (1984)
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Tocco,D.J. et al.
, p. 399 - 405 (1964)
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A mild and selective Cu(II) salts-catalyzed reduction of nitro, azo, azoxy, N-aryl hydroxylamine, nitroso, acid halide, ester, and azide compounds using hydrogen surrogacy of sodium borohydride
Kalola, Anirudhdha G.,Prasad, Pratibha,Mokariya, Jaydeep A.,Patel, Manish P.
supporting information, p. 3565 - 3589 (2021/10/12)
The first mild, in situ, single-pot, high-yielding well-screened copper (II) salt-based catalyst system utilizing the hydrogen surrogacy of sodium borohydride for selective hydrogenation of a broad range of nitro substrates into the corresponding amine under habitancy of water or methanol like green solvents have been described. Moreover, this catalytic system can also activate various functional groups for hydride reduction within prompted time, with low catalyst-loading, without any requirement of high pressure or molecular hydrogen supply. Notably, this system explores a great potential to substitute expensive traditional hydrogenation methodologies and thus offers a greener and simple hydrogenative strategy in the field of organic synthesis.
Yeast supported gold nanoparticles: an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of commercially important aryl amines
Krishnan, Saravanan,Patel, Paresh N.,Balasubramanian, Kalpattu K.,Chadha, Anju
supporting information, p. 1915 - 1923 (2021/02/06)
Candida parapsilosisATCC 7330 supported gold nanoparticles (CpGNP), prepared by a simple and green method can selectively reduce nitroarenes and substituted nitroarenes with different functional groups like halides (-F, -Cl, -Br), olefins, esters and nitriles using sodium borohydride. The product aryl amines which are useful for the preparation of pharmaceuticals, polymers and agrochemicals were obtained in good yields (up to >95%) using CpGNP catalyst under mild conditions. The catalyst showed high recyclability (≥10 cycles) and is a robust free flowing powder, stored and used after eight months without any loss in catalytic activity.
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