| Chemical Properties | yellow solid with a characteristic odour |
| Uses | Intermediate, especially for dyes. |
| Uses | Chemical intermediate in manufacture
of dyes, picric acid, lumber preservatives, and
diaminophenol hydrochloride (a photographic
developer) |
| Uses | 1-Chloro-2-nitrobenzene was used in the synthesis of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole derivatives. It is important as a precursor to other compounds due to the two reactive sites present on the molecule. |
| Definition | ChEBI: 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzene is a C-nitro compound that is nitrobenzene in which one of the ortho- hydrogens has been replaced by chlorine. It is a C-nitro compound and a member of monochlorobenzenes. |
| General Description | Yellow crystals with an aromatic odor. Sinks in water. |
| Air & Water Reactions | 2-Nitrochlorobenzene may be sensitive to prolonged exposure to air and light. Insoluble in water. |
| Reactivity Profile | O-NITROCHLOROBENZENE is incompatible with strong bases and strong oxidizing agents. 2-Nitrochlorobenzene will react with ammonia. |
| Hazard | Toxic by inhalation and ingestion. Combustible. Questionable carcinogen. |
| Health Hazard | INHALATION: Headache, languour, anemia. Irritation of nose and throat, cyanosis, shallow respiration, convulsions, and coma. EYES: Irritation. SKIN: Irritation. INGESTION: Forms methemoglobin giving rise to cyanosis and blood changes. |
| Flammability and Explosibility | Notclassified |
| Safety Profile | Suspected carcinogen
with experimental carcinogenic and
neoplastigenic data. Poison by ingestion,
skin contact, and probably inhalation.
Combustible when exposed to heat or
flame. To fight fire, use water, foam.
Potentially explosive reaction with ammonia
at 160℃/30 bar. When heated to
decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Cl-,
NOx, and phosgene. See also other
chloronitrobenzene entries and NITRO COMPOUNDS of AROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS. |
| Purification Methods | Crystallise it from EtOH, MeOH or pentane (charcoal). [Beilstein 5 IV 721.] |
