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4-Nitrobenzoic acid

purum, ≥98.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

p-Nitrobenzoic acid

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Linear Formula:
O2NC6H4CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
167.12
Beilstein:
973593
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

purum

Quality Level

Assay

≥98.0% (HPLC)

form

crystals

mp

237-240 °C (lit.)
239-242 °C

functional group

carboxylic acid
nitro

SMILES string

OC(=O)c1ccc(cc1)[N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C7H5NO4/c9-7(10)5-1-3-6(4-2-5)8(11)12/h1-4H,(H,9,10)

InChI key

OTLNPYWUJOZPPA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

4-Nitrobenzoic acid can be used:
  • As a co-catalyst with thioxotetrahydropyrimidinone for the α-alkylation of ketones.
  • For the synthesis of mononuclear zinc carboxylate complexes by reacting with zinc sulfate heptahydrate and NaOH.
  • As an additive in the room temperature catalytic Wittig reaction.

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Signal Word

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Muta. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Synthesis and characterization of zinc benzoate complexes through combined solid and solution phase reactions.
Karmakar A and Baruah JB
Polyhedron, 27(17), 3409-3416 (2008)
Enantioselective Organocatalytic ?-Alkylation of Ketones by SN1-Type Reaction of Alcohols.
Trifonidou M and Kokotos CG
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012(8), 1563-1568 (2012)
Breaking the ring through a room temperature catalytic Wittig reaction.
O'Brien CJ, et al.
Chemistry?A European Journal , 19(19), 5854-5858 (2013)
Lisheng Zhang et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 93, 363-366 (2012-04-13)
Well-ordered silver nano arrays, prepared using anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template by laser molecular beam epitaxy (L-MBE) method, were adhered to the work electrode using conductive adhesive to be a Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. Variable SERS signals of paranitrobenzoic
Zhifen Lin et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 16(10), 1365-1371 (2003-10-21)
Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approaches are proposed in this study to predict the joint effects of mixture toxicity. The initial investigation studies the joint effects between cyanogenic toxicants and aldehydes to Photobacterium phosphoreum. Joint effects are found to result from

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