What is aniline?

Aniline
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Aniline is a clear to slightly yellow
liquid with a characteristic odor. It
does not readily evaporate at room
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temperature. Aniline is slightly
soluble in water and mixes readily
with most organic solvents. by bonnie
Aniline is used to make a wide
variety of products such as
polyurethane foam, agricultural
chemicals, synthetic dyes,
antioxidants, stabilizers for the
rubber industry, herbicides, varnishes
and explosives.
In the late 19th century, aniline
emerged as an Analegesic
drug,its cardiac-suppressive
side effects countered with
caffenie.
In the 1940s and early 1950s
aniline was used with nitric acid
of dinitrogen tetroxide as rocket
fuel for small missiles and the
Aerobee rocket. the two fuel
components are hypergolic,
producing a violent reaction on
contact. Aniline was later
replaced by hydrazine.
Aniline is toxic by inhalation of
the vapour, ingestion, of
percutaneous absorption.
The early manufacture of aniline
resulted in increased incidents
of bladder cancer, but there
effects are now attributed to
naphthylamines, not anilines.
Industrial aniline production involves two steps.
First, benzene is nitrated with a concentrated
mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid at 50 to
60 C to yield . The nitrobenzene is then
hydrogen at 200300 C in the presence of
metal catalyst.
The reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline was
first performed by Nikolay Zinin in 1842 using
inorganic sulfide as a reductant Zinin reaction
What happens to aniline when it
enters the environment?
Aniline in air will be broken
down rapidly by other
chemicals and by sunlight. It
will be broken down within a
few days.
Aniline in water can stick to
sediment and particulate matter
or evaporate to the air. Most of
it will be broken down by
bacteria and other
microorganisms.
Aniline will partially stick to
the soil. Small amounts may
evaporate into air or pass
through the soil to
groundwater. Most of the
aniline in soil will be broken
down by bacteria and other
microorganisms.
Aniline does not accumulate in
the food chain.