6581. Nitroacetanilide

C8H8N2O3; mol wt 180.16.
C 53.33%, H 4.48%, N 15.55%, O 26.64%.
Chemical structure

Derivative

m-Nitroacetanilide.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 122-28-1
N-(3-Nitrophenyl)acetamide.

Properties

Leaflets. mp 151-153°. Sparingly sol in hot water; freely sol in chloroform, nitrobenzene. Practically insol in ether.

Derivative

o-Nitroacetanilide.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 552-32-9

Properties

Yellow leaflets, d 1.42. mp 93-94°. Moderately sol in cold water, freely in boiling water, in cold fixed alkali hydroxide solns; sol in chloroform, alcohol, ether.

Derivative

p-Nitroacetanilide.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 104-04-1

Properties

Prisms. mp 214-216°. Almost insol in cold water. Sol in hot water, alcohol, ether; sol in KOH with orange color.