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2,4-Dinitrotoluene Structure

2,4-Dinitrotoluene

Chemical Properties

Melting point 67-70 °C(lit.)
Boiling point 300 °C
Density  1,521 g/cm3
vapor pressure  1 mm Hg ( 102.7 °C)
refractive index  1.4420
Flash point 155 °C
storage temp.  2-8°C
solubility  Soluble in acetone, ethanol, benzene, ether, and pyrimidine (Weast, 1986)
pka 13.53 (Perrin, 1972)
Water Solubility  0.3 g/L (20 ºC)
BRN  1912834
Henry's Law Constant 5.39(x 10-8 atm?m3/mol) at 25 °C (thermodynamic method-GC/UV spectrophotometry, Altschuh et al., 1999)
Stability Stable. Incompatible with oxidizing agents, reducing agents, strong bases.
InChIKey RMBFBMJGBANMMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS DataBase Reference 121-14-2(CAS DataBase Reference)
EWG's Food Scores 6
FDA UNII 6741D310ED
Proposition 65 List 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
IARC 2B (Vol. 65) 1996
NIST Chemistry Reference Benzene, 1-methyl-2,4-dinitro-(121-14-2)
EPA Substance Registry System 2,4-Dinitrotoluene (121-14-2)

Safety

Symbol(GHS)
Signal wordDanger
Hazard statements H301+H311+H331-H341-H350-H361f-H373-H410
Precautionary statements P201-P273-P280-P301+P310+P330-P302+P352+P312-P304+P340+P311
Hazard Codes  T,N,F
Risk Statements  45-23/24/25-48/22-51/53-62-68-39/23/24/25-11-52/53-36-20/21/22-50/53
Safety Statements  53-45-61-36/37-16-26-60
RIDADR  UN 3454 6.1/PG 2
WGK Germany  3
RTECS  XT1575000
TSCA  Yes
HazardClass  6.1
PackingGroup  II
HS Code  29042030
Hazardous Substances Data 121-14-2(Hazardous Substances Data)
Toxicity Acute oral LD50 for mice 790 mg/kg, rats 268 mg/kg, guinea pigs 1.30 g/kg (quoted, RTECS, 1985).
NFPA 704:
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2,4-Dinitrotoluene Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

2,4-Dinitrotoluene synthesis