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.
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Vinony files it under Aminophenols, Chembox having GHS data and ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Mass
- 109.053
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- 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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