Chemical Properties
brown powder
Uses
6-Nitrochrysene is a nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and a carcinogen selector. An environmental contaminant and a carcinogen.
Uses
There is no evidence that 6-nitrochrysene has been used commercially for any purpose. 6-Nitrochrysene is used as an internal standard in the chemical analysis of nitroarenes (IARC 1989). It is available for research purposes at a purity of at least 98% and as a reference material at a certified purity of 98.9%.
Definition
ChEBI: 6-Nitrochrysene is a carbopolycyclic compound.
General Description
Chrome-red thick prismatic crystals or orange-yellow needles (recrystallized from pyridine or xylene).
Reactivity Profile
6-NITROCHRYSENE reacts with tin and hydrochloric acid in glacial acetic acid. 6-NITROCHRYSENE also reacts with bromine and fuming nitric acid.
Health Hazard
ACUTE/CHRONIC HAZARDS: When heated to decomposition 6-NITROCHRYSENE emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides.
Fire Hazard
Flash point data for 6-NITROCHRYSENE are not available; however, 6-NITROCHRYSENE is probably combustible.
Carcinogenicity
6-Nitrochrysene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals.
