4-Nitrophenol

4-Nitrophenol
Coarse yellow crystals
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
4-Nitrophenol
Other names
p-Nitrophenol[1]
para-Nitrophenol
4-Hydroxynitrobenzene
PNP
Identifiers
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6H5NO3/c8-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(9)10/h1-4,8H checkY
    Key: BTJIUGUIPKRLHP-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C6H5NO3/c8-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(9)10/h1-4,8H
    Key: BTJIUGUIPKRLHP-UHFFFAOYAP
  • O=[N+]([O-])c1ccc(O)cc1
  • c1cc(ccc1[N+](=O)[O-])O
Properties
C6H5NO3
Molar mass 139.110 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless to pale yellow crystals
Melting point 113 to 114 °C (235 to 237 °F; 386 to 387 K)
Boiling point 279 °C (534 °F; 552 K)
10 g/L (15 °C)
11.6 g/L (20 °C)
16 g/L (25 °C)
Acidity (pKa) 7.15 (in water),
-69.5·10−6 cm3/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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4-Nitrophenol (also called p-nitrophenol or 4-hydroxynitrobenzene) is a phenolic compound that has a nitro group at the opposite position of the hydroxyl group on the benzene ring.

  1. ^ This is no longer a recommended IUPAC name: Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 690. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. Only one name is retained, phenol, for C6H5-OH, both as a preferred name and for general nomenclature. The structure is substitutable at any position. Locants 2, 3, and 4 are recommended, not o, m, and p.