nitrotoluene

Noun

(plural nitrotoluenes)

(organic chemistry) Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive

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The orthocompound melts at Io 5° C. and boils at 218° C., the para-compound melts at 54° C. and boils at 230° C. Meta-nitrotoluene (melting at 16° C.) is obtained by nitrating acetparatoluidide and then replacing the amino group by hydrogen.
Para-nitrobenzaldehyde crystallizes in prisms melting at 107° C. and is prepared by the action of chromium oxychloride on para-nitrotoluene, or by oxidizing para-nitrocinnamic acid.

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