N-HYDROXY-4-AMINOBIPHENYL

Yellow Solid

N-Hydroxy-4-aminobiphenyl (cas# 6810-26-0) is a compound useful in organic synthesis.

ChEBI: N-hydroxy-4-aminobiphenyl is a N-substituted amine that is 4-aminobiphenyl substituted by a hydroxy group at the nitrogen atom. It has a role as a human xenobiotic metabolite and a carcinogenic agent. It is a N-substituted amine and an aminobiphenyl. It is functionally related to a biphenyl-4-amine.

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 25, p. 630, 1982 DOI: 10.1021/jm00348a005

Questionable carcinogen withexperimental carcinogenic data. Human mutation datareported. When heated to decomposition it emits highlytoxic fumes of NOx.