Properties
- Melting point:
- 83-85 °C(lit.)
- Boiling point:
- 196°C 1012mm
- Density
- 1.5928 (rough estimate)
- vapor pressure
- 5.2(x 10-5 mmHg) at 25 °C (Melnikov, 1971)5(x 10-5 mmHg) at 20 °C (ACGIH, 1986)
- refractive index
- 1.5460 (estimate)
- Flash point:
- 11 °C
- storage temp.
- 0-6°C
- solubility
- Solubility Sparingly soluble in water; readily soluble in ethanol, acetone, ether
- pka
- 4.42(at 25℃)
- color
- Yellow prisms
- PH Range
- Colorless (2.4) to yellow (3.8)
- Water Solubility
- slightly soluble
- Merck
- 3279
- BRN
- 2054389
- Henry's Law Constant
- 1.4(x 10-6 atm?m3/mol) at 25 °C (gas stripping-UV spectrophotometry, Warner et al., 1987)
- Exposure limits
- NIOSH REL: TWA 0.2 mg/m3, IDLH 5 mg/m3; OSHA PEL: TWA 0.2 mg/m3.
- Major Application
- Explosives, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, antitumor agent
Safety Information
Use
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol can be used as dormant ovicidal spray for fruit trees (highly phytotoxic and cannot be used successfully on actively growing plants); herbicide; insecticide.