The term nitroaniline in chemistry refers to a derivative of
aniline
Aniline is an organic compound with the formula C6 H5 NH2. Consisting of a phenyl group attached to an amino group, aniline is the simplest aromatic amine. It is an industrially significant commodity chemical, as well as a versatile starti ...
(C
6H
5NH
2) containing a
nitro group
In organic chemistry, nitro compounds are organic compounds that contain one or more nitro functional groups (). The nitro group is one of the most common explosophores (functional group that makes a compound explosive) used globally. The nitr ...
(—NO
2) There are three simple nitroanilines of formula C
6H
4(NH
2)(NO
2) which differ only in the position of the nitro group:
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2-Nitroaniline
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3-Nitroaniline
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4-Nitroaniline
Some more complicated molecules with other
substituents can also be referred to as nitroanilines, for example 4-chloro-3-nitro-aniline.
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