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2,5-Dichloroaniline is an 
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The ...
with the formula C6H3Cl2NH2. One of six isomers of dichloroaniline Dichloroanilines are chemical compounds which consist of an aniline ring substituted with two chlorine atoms and have the molecular formula C6H5Cl2N. There are six isomers, varying in the positions of the chlorine atoms around the ring relative to ...
, it is a colorless solid that is insoluble in water. It is produced by hydrogenation
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of 1,4-dichloro-2-nitrobenzene.Gerald Booth (2007). "Nitro Compounds, Aromatic" in ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'' Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005. It is a precursor to dyes and pigments, e.g., Pigment Yellow 10.K. Hunger. W. Herbst "Pigments, Organic" in ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'', Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012.
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