6-Nitrochrysene is a nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and a carcinogen selector. An environmental contaminant and a carcinogen.
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%.
ChEBI: 6-Nitrochrysene is a carbopolycyclic compound.
Chrome-red thick prismatic crystals or orange-yellow needles (recrystallized from pyridine or xylene).
6-NITROCHRYSENE reacts with tin and hydrochloric acid in glacial acetic acid. 6-NITROCHRYSENE also reacts with bromine and fuming nitric acid.
ACUTE/CHRONIC HAZARDS: When heated to decomposition 6-NITROCHRYSENE emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides.
Flash point data for 6-NITROCHRYSENE are not available; however, 6-NITROCHRYSENE is probably combustible.
6-Nitrochrysene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals.
