3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid

3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid
3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid
Identifiers
CAS number 99-34-3 YesY
ChemSpider 7155 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL118713 YesY
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Properties
Molecular formula C7H4O6N2
Molar mass 212.118 g/mol
Appearance Yellow or colourless crystals
Melting point

205–207 °C

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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid is an organic chemical that is an important corrosion inhibitor and is also used in photography. This aromatic compound is used by chemists to identify alcohol components in esters and in the fluorometric analysis of creatinine.

Identification of isopropanol as a derivate of 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid:
3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid-2-propylester (mp.: 123 °C[1]).

References

  1. ^ CRC Handbook of Tables for Organic Compound Identification, Third Edition, 1984, ISBN 0-8493-0303-6.

Literature

  • "3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid". Combined Chemical Dictionary. Chapman and Hall/CRC Press. 2007. 
  • B. C. Saunders, G. J. Stacey, I. G. E. Wilding: "The Preparation of 3:5-Dinitrobenzoic Acid and 3:5-Dinitrobenzoyl Chloride – Observations on the Acylation of Amino-acids by means of 3:5-Dinitrobenzoyl Chloride and certain other Acid Chlorides", Biochem. J., 1942, 36 (3–4), p. 368–375; Text; PDF.

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