2,4 dinitrophenol

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DNP

Broader Terms

dye, hapten, nitrophenol

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• 2,4-Dinitrophenol is used primarily as a chemical intermediate for the production of azo dyes.
• (2)* 2,4-Dinitrophenol is considered to have high acute toxicity, based on short-term animal tests such as the LD50 tests in rats and mice.
• 2,4-Dinitrophenol is a FLAMMABLE LIQUID and a FIRE HAZARD.
• The optimum hydrogen peroxide concentration for degradation of 100 mg/L of 2,4-dinitrophenol is between 0.
• itField studies have shown that the powerful phytotoxic agent 2,4-dinitrophenol is very likely to form in the atmospheric aqueous phase upon nitration of 2-nitrophenol or 4-nitrophenol.

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