Arsanilic Acid

Name:
Arsanilic Acid
Detailed information:

Chemistry name:	atoxylic acid; p-aminobenzenearsonic acid; p-aminophenylarsonic acid
M Formula:	C6H4•C6H8AsNO3
Properties:
White, crystalline powder; practically odorless. Mp 232C. Soluble in hot water; slightly soluble in cold water, alcohol, and acetic acid; insoluble in acetone, benzene, chloroform,and ether.
Derivation:
By condensing aniline with arsenic acid, removing the excess of aniline by steam distillation in alkaline solution, and setting the acid free using hydrochloric acid.
Hazard:
A poison. Yields flammable vapors on heating above melting point.
Use:
Arsanilates, manufacture of arsenical medicinal compounds such as arsphenamine, veterinary medicine, grasshopper bait.