6615. 1-Nitro-2-naphthol

Nomenclature

CAS number: 550-60-7
1-Nitro-2-naphthalenol; α-nitro-β-naphthol; 1-nitro-2-hydroxynaphthalene.
C10H7NO3; mol wt 189.17.
C 63.49%, H 3.73%, N 7.40%, O 25.37%.
Chemical structure

Properties

Yellow needles or platelets, mp 103°. Insol in water. Sol in alcohol, ether, glacial acetic acid, in alkali hydroxide solns.

Use

As a reagent for the determination of cobalt with which it gives a precipitate.