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3-aminophenol
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3-Aminophenol is an organic compound with formula C6H4(NH2)(OH). It is an aromatic amine and a phenol. It is the meta isomer of 2-aminophenol and 4-aminophenol.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H7NO
- Molecular weight
- 109.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-aminophenol
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC(=C1)O)N
- InChIKey
- CWLKGDAVCFYWJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.2
- Polar surface area
- 46.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 109.053
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- Commons category
- 3-Aminophenol
- chemical formula
- C₆H₇NO
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC(=C1)O)N
- melting point
- 124
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3-Aminophenol is an organic compound with formula C6H4(NH2)(OH). It is an aromatic amine and a phenol. It is the meta isomer of 2-aminophenol and 4-aminophenol.
==Preparation== 3-Aminophenol is prepared by reduction of 3-nitrophenol. It can also be prepared by caustic fusion of 3-aminobenzenesulfonic acid (i.e. heating with NaOH to 245 °C for 6 hours) or from resorcinol via a substitution reaction with ammonium hydroxide.
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