2-NITROPHENYLPROPIOLIC ACID Chemical Properties

Melting point:

~157° with decompn

Boiling point:

326.87°C (rough estimate)

Density 

1.4625 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.4500 (estimate)

pka

1.52±0.10(Predicted)

2-NITROPHENYLPROPIOLIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Yellow to brown crystals. Partially soluble in hot water and alcohol; insoluble in carbon disulfide.

Uses

As a reagent for alkaloids and glucose.

Hazard

Decomposition may occur with explosive violence.

Purification Methods

Digest the acid with boiling CHCl3, then crystallise it from H2O. The amide has m 159o (plates, from H2O). [Schofield & Simpson J Chem Soc 516 1945, Beilstein 9 H 636, 9 I 267, 9 II 438, 9 III 3067, 9 IV 2330.]

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