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Names
142-04-1 (HCl)
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3DMet B00082
Beilstein Reference 605631
ChEBI CHEBI:17296
ChEMBL ChEMBL538
ChemSpider 5889
DrugBank DB06728
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.491
EC Number 200-539-3
Gmelin Reference 2796
KEGG C00292
UNII SIR7XX2F1K
UN number 1547
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InChI
InChI=1S /C6H7N/c 7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,7H2
Key: PAYRUJLWNCNPS J-UHFFFAOYS A-N
InChI=1/C6H7N/c 7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,7H2
Nc 1c c c c c 1
c 1c c c (c c 1)N
Properties
Chemical formula C6H7N
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of −3394 kJ/mol
combustion
(ΔcH⦵298)
Hazards
Main hazards potential occupational
carcinogen
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Infobox references
Structure
Aniline is a slightly pyramidalized
molecule, with hybridization of the nitrogen
somewhere between sp3 and sp2. The
amine is flatter than an aliphatic amine,
owing to conjugation of the lone pair with
the aryl substituent. Thus, the experimental
geometry reflects a balance between the
stabilization of lone pairs in orbitals with
higher s character and better stabilization
via conjugation with the aryl ring for an
orbital of pure p character. The
pyramidalization angle between the C–N
bond and the bisector of the H–N–H angle
is 142.5°.[7] (For comparison, in more
strongly pyramidal methylamine, this value
is ~125°, while a planar nitrogen like that
of formamide has an angle of 180°.) The
C−N distance is correspondingly shorter.
In aniline, the C−N and C−C distances are
close to 1.39 Å, indicating the π-bonding
between N and C.[8]
Production
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
nitrobenzene. The nitrobenzene is then
hydrogenated (typically at 200–300 °C) in
the presence of metal catalysts:[9]
Reactions
The chemistry of aniline is rich because
the compound has been cheaply available
for many years. Below are some classes
of its reactions.
Oxidation …
2 C6H5NH2 + CH2O → CH (C H NH )
2 6 4 2 2 +
H2O
Reactions at nitrogen …
Basicity …
Aniline is a weak base. Aromatic amines
such as aniline are, in general, much
weaker bases than aliphatic amines.
Aniline reacts with strong acids to form
anilinium (or phenylammonium) ion (C6H5-
NH3+).[12]
Acylation …
N-Alkylation …
N-Methylation of aniline with methanol at
elevated temperatures over acid catalysts
gives N-methylaniline and dimethylaniline:
Diazotization …
Other reactions …
Uses
The largest application of aniline is for the
preparation of methylenedianiline and
related compounds by condensation with
formaldehyde. The diamines are
condensed with phosgene to give
methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, a
precursor to urethane polymers.[6]
Most aniline is consumed in the production of
methylenedianiline, a precursor to polyurethanes.
History
Aniline was first isolated in 1826 by Otto
Unverdorben by destructive distillation of
indigo.[16] He called it Crystallin. In 1834,
Friedlieb Runge isolated a substance from
coal tar that turned a beautiful blue color
when treated with chloride of lime. He
named it kyanol or cyanol.[17] In 1840, Carl
Julius Fritzsche (1808–1871) treated
indigo with caustic potash and obtained an
oil that he named aniline, after an indigo-
yielding plant, anil (Indigofera
suffruticosa).[18][19] In 1842, Nikolay
Nikolaevich Zinin reduced nitrobenzene
and obtained a base that he named
benzidam.[20] In 1843, August Wilhelm von
Hofmann showed that these were all the
same substance, known thereafter as
phenylamine or aniline.[21]
Developments in medicine …
Rocket fuel …
See also
Toxic oil syndrome
Notes
1. Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry:
IUPAC Recommendations and
Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book).
Cambridge: The Royal Society of
Chemistry. 2014. pp. 416, 668.
doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001 .
ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. "Aniline, for
C6H5-NH2, is the only name for a
primary amine retained as a preferred
IUPAC name for which full substitution
is permitted on the ring and the
nitrogen atom. It is a Type 2a retained
name; for the rules of substitution see
P-15.1.8.2. Substitution is limited to
substituent groups cited as prefixes in
accordance with the seniority of
functional groups explicitly expressed
or implied in the functional parent
compound name. The name
benzenamine may be used in general
nomenclature."
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ein neues Zersetzungsproduct des
Indigo" (On aniline, a new
decomposition product of indigo),
Bulletin Scientifique [publié par
l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de
Saint-Petersbourg], 7 (12): 161–165.
Reprinted in:
J. Fritzsche (1840) "Ueber das
Anilin, ein neues
Zersetzungsproduct des Indigo,"
Justus Liebigs Annalen der
Chemie, 36 (1): 84–90.
J. Fritzsche (1840) "Ueber das
Anilin, ein neues
Zersetzungsproduct des Indigo" ,
Journal für praktische Chemie,
20: 453–457. In a postscript to
this article, Erdmann (one of the
journal's editors) argues that
aniline and the "cristallin", which
was found by Unverdorben in
1826, are the same substance;
see pages 457–459 .
19. synonym I anil , ultimately from
Sanskrit "nīla", dark-blue.
20. N. Zinin (1842). "Beschreibung einiger
neuer organischer Basen, dargestellt
durch die Einwirkung des
Schwefelwasserstoffes auf
Verbindungen der Kohlenwasserstoffe
mit Untersalpetersäure" (Description
of some new organic bases, produced
by the action of hydrogen sulfide on
compounds of hydrocarbons and
hyponitric acid [H2N2O3]), Bulletin
Scientifique [publié par l'Académie
Impériale des Sciences de Saint-
Petersbourg], 10 (18): 272–285.
Reprinted in: N. Zinin (1842)
"Beschreibung einiger neuer
organischer Basen, dargestellt durch
die Einwirkung des
Schwefelwasserstoffes auf
Verbindungen der Kohlenwasserstoffe
mit Untersalpetersäure," Journal für
praktische Chemie, 27 (1): 140–153.
Benzidam is named on page 150.
Fritzsche, Zinin's colleague, soon
recognized that "benzidam" was
actually aniline. See: Fritzsche (1842)
Bulletin Scientifique, 10: 352.
Reprinted as a postscript to Zinin's
article in: J. Fritzsche (1842)
"Bemerkung zu vorstehender
Abhandlung des Hrn. Zinin"
(Comment on the preceding article by
Mr. Zinin), Journal für praktische
Chemie, 27 (1): 153.
See also: (Anon.) (1842) "Organische
Salzbasen, aus Nitronaphtalose und
Nitrobenzid mittelst
Schwefelwasserstoff entstehend"
(Organic bases originating from
nitronaphthalene and nitrobenzene via
hydrogen sulfide), Annalen der Chemie
und Pharmacie, 44: 283–287.
21. August Wilhelm Hofmann (1843)
"Chemische Untersuchung der
organischen Basen im Steinkohlen-
Theeröl" (Chemical investigation of
organic bases in coal tar oil), Annalen
der Chemie und Pharmacie, 47: 37–
87. On page 48, Hofmann argues that
krystallin, kyanol, benzidam, and
aniline are identical.
22. A. Béchamp (1854) "De l'action des
protosels de fer sur la nitronaphtaline
et la nitrobenzine. Nouvelle méthode
de formation des bases organiques
artificielles de Zinin" (On the action of
iron protosalts on nitronaphthaline and
nitrobenzene. New method of forming
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Annales de Chemie et de Physique,
3rd series, 42: 186 – 196. (Note: In the
case of a metal having two or more
distinct oxides (e.g., iron), a "protosalt"
is an obsolete term for a salt that is
obtained from the oxide containing the
lowest proportion of oxygen to metal;
e.g., in the case of iron, which has two
oxides – iron (II) oxide (FeO) and iron
(III) oxide (Fe2O3) – FeO is the
"protoxide" from which protosalts can
be made. See: Wiktionary: protosalt.)
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"Proceedings of Chemical Societies:
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References
This article incorporates text from a
publication now in the public
domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911),
"Aniline", Encyclopædia Britannica, 2
(11th ed.), Cambridge University Press,
pp. 47–48
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