4-nitrobenzoic acid

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Structural formula
Structural formula of 4-nitrobenzoic acid
General
Surname 4-nitrobenzoic acid
Molecular formula C 7 H 5 NO 4
Brief description

light green odorless crystalline powder

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 62-23-7
EC number 200-526-2
ECHA InfoCard 100,000,479
PubChem 6108
ChemSpider 5882
Wikidata Q2823227
properties
Molar mass 167.12 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

density

1.61 g cm −3

Melting point

239-242 ° C

pK s value

3.42

solubility

very heavy in water (0.42 g l −1 at 20 ° C)

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
07 - Warning

Caution

H and P phrases H: 302-319
P: 305 + 351 + 338
Toxicological data

1960 mg kg −1 ( LD 50ratoral )

Thermodynamic properties
ΔH f 0

−392.2 kJ / mol

As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

The 4-nitrobenzoic acid is an organic chemical compound and one of the aromatics . The structure consists of a benzene ring with attached carboxy group  (-COOH) and nitro group  (-NO 2 ) as substituents . It is derived from both benzoic acid and nitrobenzene and belongs to the group of nitrobenzoic acids . 4-Nitrobenzoic acid is mainly used in the analysis of organic substances.

presentation

4-Nitrotoluene is oxidized to 4-nitrobenzoic acid with sodium dichromate in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid.

Preparation of 4-nitrobenzoic acid

properties

The 4-nitrobenzoic acid is a yellowish crystalline solid. Due to the −M effect of the nitro group, it has a higher acidity than benzoic acid. The pK s value of 3.42 is therefore correspondingly lower (benzoic acid: 4.20).

COSMO surface of 4-nitrobenzoic acid
(blue = negative, red = positive equalizing charge)

The heat of decomposition determined by DSC is −373 kJ · mol −1 or −2234 kJ · kg −1 .

use

4-Nitrobenzoic acid is mainly used in the analysis of organic substances by derivatization . Liquid substances or those with a low melting point are converted into easily crystallizing derivatives: alcohols can be identified, for example, by measuring the melting points of their esters of 4-nitrobenzoic acid or 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid . For this purpose, the substance to be analyzed is reacted with 4-nitrobenzoic acid in the presence of small amounts of sulfuric acid.

Detection of isopropanol as a derivative of 4-nitrobenzoic acid:
4-nitrobenzoic acid-2-propyl ester (melting point: 100.5 ° C.).

The melting points of these derivatives are usually sharp. This implementation is also suitable for numerous amines .

The derivatives of 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid generally have higher melting points than those of 4-nitrobenzoic acid. They are preferred when the melting point of 4-nitrobenzoic acid is too low and an exact determination is no longer possible.

If the substance in question is more sensitive, the direct reaction with the corresponding acid chloride , 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride , takes place instead . In this way z. B. derivatives of amino acids also accessible.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g Entry on 4-nitrobenzoic acid in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on January 14, 2020(JavaScript required) .
  2. ^ Beyer / Walter : Textbook of Organic Chemistry , 19th edition, S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-7776-0356-2 , p. 511.
  3. David R. Lide (Ed.): CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 90th edition. (Internet version: 2010), CRC Press / Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, Standard Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Substances, pp. 5-34.
  4. ^ O. Kamm, AO Matthews: p-Nitrobenzoic acid In: Organic Syntheses . 2, 1922, p. 53, doi : 10.15227 / orgsyn.002.0053 ; Coll. Vol. 1, 1941, p. 392 ( PDF ).
  5. a b c CRC Handbook of Tables for Organic Compound Identification , Third Edition, 1984, ISBN 0-8493-0303-6 .
  6. Grewer, T .; Klais, O .: Exothermic decomposition - investigations of the characteristic material properties , VDI-Verlag, series "Humanisierung des Arbeitsleben", Volume 84, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-18-400855-X , p. 9.

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