3-Nitrobenzoic acid

Protocols evaluated by Rita C. C. Duarte, on 2014 / 08

Product applications

3-nitrobenzoic acid is used as a dye intermediate and reagent for alkaloids and thorium^1,2,3 and in the preparation of 5-amino-2-hydroxy benzoic acid.² It is also used as photosensitive material.³

References:

(1) The Merck Index, http://themerckindex.cambridgesoft.com/themerckindex/Forms/Home/ContentArea/Home.aspx (accessed April 2013).

(2) TOXNET – Toxicology Data Network, http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB (accessed December 2015).

(3) ChemNet, http://www.chemnet.com/Suppliers/31945/m-nitrobenzoic-acid--965388.html (accessed December 2015).