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- From: jfw@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM (John F. Woods)
- Subject: Re: How my brother spent Christmas
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:28:53 GMT
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- In <1993Jan7.172123.8683@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> pfinerty@nyx.cs.du.edu (fun fun fun boy) writes:
- >i actually had to use picric acid when i was an undergrad. the prof. made
- >me read the merck index report about it.
-
- 7380. Picric Acid. 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol; picronitric acid; carbazotic
- acid; nitroxanthic acid. C6H3N3O7; mol wt 229.11. C 31.45%, H 1.32%,
- N 18.34%, O 48.88%. Prepd by solfonating phenol then treating with nitric
- acid: Olsen, Goldstein, Ind. Eng. Chem. 16, 66 (1924); by treating
- benzene with nitric acid and mercuric nitrate: Teeters, Mueller,
- U.S. pat. 2,455,322 (1948 to Allied Chem.); by nitration of
- 2-tert-butyl-4,6-dinitrophelol: Ley, M\(u:ller, Ber. 89, 1402 (1956).
- Crystal structure: E. N. Duesler et al., Cryst. Struct. Commun. 7, 449
- (1978).
-
- OH
- |
- O2N_// \_NO2
- | ||
- \\ /
- |
- NO2
-
- Pale yellow, odorless, intensely bitter crystals. d 1.763.
- mp 122-123*. Explodes above 300*. One gram dissolves in 78 ml water,
- 15 ml boiling water, 12 ml alc, 10 ml benzene, 35 ml chloroform,
- 65 ml ether. Keep in a cool place and remote from fire. Explodes
- when rapidly heated or by percussion! Incompat: All oxidizable
- substances, albumin, gelatin, alkaloids.
- Note: For safety in transportation, 10-20% water is usually added.
- Human Toxicity: Local or generalized allergic reactions may occur
- following topical use. Ingestion or percutaneous absorption may cause
- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, oliguria, anuria, yellow
- staining of skin (not icterus), pruritis, skin eruptions, stupor,
- convulsions, death, cf. Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products,
- R. E. Gosselin et al., Eds. (Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 4th ed.,
- 1976) Section II, p 133.
- USE: Explosives, matches; in leather industry; electric batteries;
- etching copper; manuf colored glass; textile mordant; also as reagent.
-
- > i was not amused.
-
- Yeah, I know what you mean. Not one joke in the whole entry. Geez, what
- a boring bunch they are at Merck!
-
-