Nitrosobenzene

Nitrosobenzene
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Nitrosobenzene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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KEGG
RTECS number
  • DA6497525
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6H5NO/c8-7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H checkY
    Key: NLRKCXQQSUWLCH-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C6H5NO/c8-7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H
    Key: NLRKCXQQSUWLCH-UHFFFAOYAR
Properties
C6H5NO
Molar mass 107.112 g·mol−1
Appearance Dark green solid (freshly sublimed monomer); pale yellow solid (dimeric form); bright green solution (light sensitive)
Melting point 65 to 69 °C (149 to 156 °F; 338 to 342 K)
Boiling point 59 °C (138 °F; 332 K) (at 18 mmHg)
Low
Solubility in other solvents Sol. in organic solvents
-59.1·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
N is sp2
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
toxic
GHS labelling:
GHS06: Toxic
Danger
H301, H312, H332
P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P310, P302+P352, P304+P312, P304+P340, P312, P321, P322, P330, P363, P405, P501
Related compounds
Related compounds
Nitrobenzene
Aniline
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Nitrosobenzene is the organic compound with the formula C6H5NO. It is one of the prototypical organic nitroso compounds. Characteristic of its functional group, it is a dark green species that exists in equilibrium with its pale yellow dimer. Both monomer and dimer are diamagnetic.