Chemistry:O-Anisidine

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o-Anisidine
Skeletal formula of o-anisidine
Skeletal formula of o-anisidine
Ball-and-stick model of the o-anisidine molecule
Ball-and-stick model of the o-anisidine molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2-Methoxyaniline[1]
Other names
ortho-Anisidine
2-Anisidine
ortho-Aminoanisole
o-Methoxyaniline
2-Methoxy-1-aminobenzene
2-Methoxyphenylamine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 201-963-1
KEGG
RTECS number
  • BZ5410000
UNII
UN number 2431
Properties[2]
C7H9NO
Molar mass 123.155 g·mol−1
Appearance Yellow liquid, turns brown upon exposure to air
Density 1.0923 g/cm3
Melting point 6.2 °C (43.2 °F; 279.3 K)
Boiling point 224 °C (435 °F; 497 K)
1.5 g/100 ml
Solubility soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether, acetone, benzene
−80.44·10−6 cm3/mol
Hazards
Main hazards potential occupational carcinogen[3]
GHS pictograms GHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazard
GHS Signal word Danger
H301, H311, H331, H341, H350
P201, P202, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P281, P301+310, P302+352, P304+340, P308+313, P311, P312, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P403+233, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondFlammability code 1: Must be pre-heated before ignition can occur. Flash point over 93 °C (200 °F). E.g. canola oilHealth code 2: Intense or continued but not chronic exposure could cause temporary incapacitation or possible residual injury. E.g. chloroformReactivity code 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
1
2
0
Flash point 118 °C (244 °F; 391 K) (open cup)
415 °C (779 °F; 688 K)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
2000 mg/kg (rat, oral)
1400 mg/kg (mouse, oral)
870 mg/kg (rabbit, oral)[4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
TWA 0.5 mg/m3 [skin][3]
REL (Recommended)
: Ca TWA 0.5 mg/m3 [skin][3]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
50 mg/m3[3]
Related compounds
Related compounds
m-Anisidine
p-Anisidine
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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o-Anisidine (2-anisidine) is an organic compound with the formula CH3OC6H4NH2. A colorless liquid, commercial samples can appear yellow owing to air oxidation. It is one of three isomers of the methoxy-containing aniline derivative. It is a building block for other more complex compounds.[5]

Production and use

It is prepared via methanolysis of 2-chloronitrobenzene:[6]

NaOCH3 + ClC6H4NO2 → CH3OC6H4NO2 + NaCl

The resulting o-nitroanisole is reduced to o-anisidine.

o-Anisidine is used in the manufacture of dyes. It is nitrated to give 4-nitroanisidine. It is also a precursor to o-dianisidine.

One special use is as a heartwood indicator. An acid solution of o-anisidine is diazotized by adding a sodium nitrite solution. This mixture is applied to the wood and by reaction with polyphenols in the heartwood a reddish brown azo dye is formed.

Direct Blue 15 is an azo dye produced from o-anisidine

Safety and environmental aspects

o-Anisidine is a dangerous pollutant from the production of dyes. It is listed as RCRA hazardous waste, with the code K181.[7] The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified o-anisidine as a Group 2B, possible human carcinogen.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 669. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-00648. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. "The names ‘toluidine’, ‘anisidine’, and ‘phenetidine’ for which o-, m-, and p- have been used to distinguish isomers, and ‘xylidine’ for which numerical locants, such as 2,3-, have been used, are no longer recommended, nor are the corresponding prefixes ‘toluidine’, ‘anisidino’, ‘phenetidine’, and ‘xylidino’." 
  2. ↑ Weast, Robert C., ed (1981). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (62nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. C-98. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0034". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0034.html. 
  4. ↑ "o-Anisidine". Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health Concentrations (IDLH). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/90040.html. 
  5. ↑ Vallée, Frédéric (2011). "O -Methoxyaniline". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/047084289x.rn01320. ISBN 978-0-471-93623-7. 
  6. ↑ Gerald Booth (2007). Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a17_411. ISBN 978-3527306732. 
  7. ↑ "Hazardous Waste". 2015-07-23. http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/wastetypes/wasteid/dyes/index.htm. 
  8. ↑ "o-Anisidine". https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/o-anisidine#section=Top.