Chemical Properties
light yellow to beige crystalline powder
Uses
2,2′-Dinitrobiphenyl has been used as an internal standard in the determination of p,p′-DDT in technical and formulated products using gas chromatographic method.
Uses
2,2-Dinitrobiphenyl has been used as an internal standard in the determination of p,p-DDT in technical and formulated products using gas chromatographic method
Definition
ChEBI: Biphenyl substituted with nitro groups at the 2- and 2'-positions.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 3, p. 339, 1955
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 53, p. 4482, 1988
DOI: 10.1021/jo00254a012Tetrahedron Letters, 16, p. 143, 1975
General Description
The electroreduction of 2,2′-dinitrobiphenyl in anionic, cationic, and nonionic micellar solutions has been studied by polarography and cyclic voltammetry.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the biphenyl from EtOH, AcOH (m 124.5o) or pet ether (m 125.5-126o). [Beilstein 5 H 538, 5 III 1759, 5 IV 1826.]
