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p-cresidine
Sign in to save'''para-Cresidine''' is an organic compound with the formula CH3OC6H3(CH3)NH2. It is a white solid that is soluble in organic solvents. The compound features both amine and methoxy functional groups. It is used as an intermediate in preparation of dyes and pigments.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H11NO
- Molecular weight
- 137.18 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methoxy-5-methylaniline
- SMILES
- CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)OC)N
- InChIKey
- WXWCDTXEKCVRRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.7
- Polar surface area
- 35.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 137.084
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- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₁NO
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)OC)N
- subject has role
- carcinogen
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis and reactions
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'''para-Cresidine''' is an organic compound with the formula CH3OC6H3(CH3)NH2. It is a white solid that is soluble in organic solvents. The compound features both amine and methoxy functional groups. It is used as an intermediate in preparation of dyes and pigments.
==Synthesis and reactions== The compound is obtained in several steps from 4-chlorotoluene. Nitration gives mainly 3-nitro-4-chlorotoluene, which reacts with methoxide sources to give 4-methoxy-2-nitrotoluene. Reduction of this nitro compound affords the aniline.
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