General Description
Crystalline needles. Mutagenic.
Reactivity Profile
PHENANTHRIDINE(229-87-8) neutralizes acids in exothermic reactions to form salts plus water. May be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen may be generated in combination with strong reducing agents, such as hydrides.
Air & Water Reactions
Sparingly soluble in water.
Fire Hazard
Flash point data are not available for this chemical, but is probably combustible.
Chemical Properties
white to beige powder
History
Phenanthridine was first discovered by Ame Pictet and H. J. Ankersmit in 1891 by pyrolysis of the condensed product of benzaldehyde and aniline. Earlier, phenanathridine and related compounds were prepared using mainly Pictect-Hurbert and modified Morgan-Walls type of condensation reactions.
Uses
- Used in the study of ecotoxicity.
- Used in rotational spectroscopic investigations and radio astronomical searches.
- Used as a dye in biological and chemical sensors.
Uses
Used in the study of ecotoxicity. 1 Used in rotational spectroscopic investigations and radio astronomical searches. 2 Used as a dye in biological and chemical sensors. 3
Definition
ChEBI: An azaarene that is the 9-aza derivative of phenanthrene. The parent of the class of phenanthridines.
Preparation
Palladium catalyzed synthesis of phenanthridine has been accomplished by Pritchard and coworkers from imidoyl selenides. This was the first report of palladium insertion into the C-Se bond. The palladium insertion into the imidoyl selenides 3.20 followed by intramolecular cyclization and subsequent aromatization via the elimination of HSePh lead to the formation of substituted phenanthridines 3.21.
Pd-catalysed synthesis of phenanathridine
Safety Profile
Mutation data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic vapors of NOx.
