Chemical Properties
brown crystalline solid
Physical properties
4-Ethoxynitrobenzene, crystallizes from ethanol as prisms, which are insoluble in water and moderately soluble in ethanol or ether.
Uses
Reduction of 4-Ethoxynitrobenzene gives p-phenetidine [156-43-4], which undergoes similar reactions to p-anisidine and is also the intermediate for the analgesic phenacetin (4-ethoxyacetanilide [62- 44-2]) and the sweetener dulcin (4-ethoxyphenylurea [150-69-6]).
Uses
Dyes and other intermediates.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 57, p. 1887, 1979
DOI: 10.1139/v79-299Journal of the American Chemical Society, 88, p. 1839, 1966
DOI: 10.1021/ja00960a062
