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purple-black crystals, or yellow crystals with a blue-violet lustre

Yellow crystals with blue-violet luster (from ethanol) or purple-black crystalline solid.

N-ETHYL-4-NITROANILINE is sensitive to prolonged exposure to air.

N-ETHYL-4-NITROANILINE is basic. Reacts exothermically with acids to form salts plus water. May be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Reaction with strong reducing agents, such as hydrides may generate flammable gaseous hydrogen.

Flash point data for N-ETHYL-4-NITROANILINE are not available. N-ETHYL-4-NITROANILINE is probably combustible.

N-Ethyl-4-nitroaniline is a propellant stabilizer. It is also used as building block.