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Sigma-Aldrich

p-Toluidine

99.6%

Synonym(s):

4-Aminotoluene, 4-Methylaniline

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Linear Formula:
CH3C6H4NH2
CAS Number:
106-49-0
Molecular Weight:
107.15
Beilstein:
471281
EC Number:
203-403-1
MDL number:
MFCD00007906
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24854162
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

3.9 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.26 mmHg ( 25 °C)
0.66 mmHg ( 38 °C)

Assay

99.6%

form

crystalline

autoignition temp.

899 °F

expl. lim.

6.6 %

pH

7.8 (7 g/L)

bp

200 °C (lit.)

mp

41-46 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 135 part(lit.)
acetone: freely soluble(lit.)
alcohol: freely soluble(lit.)
carbon disulfide: freely soluble(lit.)
diethyl ether: freely soluble(lit.)
methanol: freely soluble(lit.)
oil: freely soluble(lit.)

density

0.973 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cc1ccc(N)cc1

InChI

1S/C7H9N/c1-6-2-4-7(8)5-3-6/h2-5H,8H2,1H3

InChI key

RZXMPPFPUUCRFN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

p-Toluidine undergoes oxidative coupling reaction with catecholamine to form an orange water-soluble dye during flow injection-spectrophotometric determination of catecholamine drugs.

Application

p-Toluidine has been used in preparation of:
  • aromatic azo compounds
  • bidentate Schiff base ligands via condensation with salicylaldehyde

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1A

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

188.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

87 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Flow injection-spectrophotometeric determination of some catecholamine drugs in pharmaceutical preparations via oxidative coupling reaction with< i> p</i>-toluidine and sodium periodate.
Abdulrahman LK, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 538(1), 331-335 (2005)
Ruthenium (II) complexes containing bidentate Schiff bases and their antifungal activity.
Dharmaraj N, et al.
Transition Met. Chem. (London), 26(1-2), 105-109 (2001)
Shunji Ito et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 70(6), 2285-2293 (2005-03-12)
[reaction: see text] N,N-Di(6-azulenyl)-p-toluidine (1a) and N,N,N',N'-tetra(6-azulenyl)-p-phenylenediamine (2a) and their derivatives with 1,3-bis(ethoxycarbonyl) substituents on each 6-azulenyl group (1b and 2b) were prepared by Pd-catalyzed amine azulenylation and characterized as a study into new aromatic amines for multistage amphoteric redox
Paul G Stevenson et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1218(45), 8255-8263 (2011-10-11)
Several simple techniques are presented for the identification of the boundaries of chromatographic peaks. These methods provide a significant reduction in the time needed to perform the rapid, automatic calculation of the central peak moments and to evaluate the quality
D R Doerge et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 4(5), 556-560 (1991-09-01)
The metabolism of three arylamine substrates by H2O2 in the presence of each of the peroxidative enzymes chloroperoxidase (CPX) and pea seed peroxygenase (PSM) was conducted with normal H2O2 and with 18O-labeled H2O2. The resulting C-nitroso aromatic metabolites were examined
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