General Description
Orange prisms or yellow powder. No odor.
Reactivity Profile
Oxidation of this chemical may occur in the presence of air and violent decomposition may occur if 2-AMINO-4-NITROPHENOL(99-57-0) is allowed to dry out completely at elevated temperatures. 2-AMINO-4-NITROPHENOL(99-57-0) is stable when stored protected from light and under nitrogen for two weeks at temperatures up to 140° F, and storage under nitrogen for up to 24 weeks at room temperature (77° F) should produce no loss of stability. This chemical is incompatible with acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides, chloroformates and strong oxidizing agents. 2-AMINO-4-NITROPHENOL(99-57-0) is also incompatible with iron.
Air & Water Reactions
Insoluble in water.
Fire Hazard
Flash point data for this chemical are not available. 2-AMINO-4-NITROPHENOL is probably combustible.
Chemical Properties
OCHRE CRYSTALLINE POWDER
Uses
2-Amino-4-nitrophenol is used in preparing some mordant
dyes and in some hair dyes.
Uses
An aromatic constituent found in hair dyes and other cosmetic products with very low levels of mutagenic activity.
Definition
ChEBI: 2-Amino-4-nitrophenol is a member of 4-nitrophenols.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 3, p. 82, 1955
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 45, p. 4992, 1980
DOI: 10.1021/jo01312a039
Flammability and Explosibility
Nonflammable
Purification Methods
Crystallise the phenol from water. [Beilstein 13 IV 896.]
