2,4-dinitrotoluene
Also known as 2,4-DNT, DNT, 2,4-dinitrotoluol, 2,4-dinitromethylbenzene, 2,4-dinitro-1-methylbenzene
2,4-Dinitrotoluene (DNT) or dinitro is an organic compound with the formula C7H6N2O4. This pale yellow crystalline solid is well known as a precursor to trinitrotoluene (TNT) but is mainly produced as a precursor to toluene diisocyanate.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H6N2O4
- Molecular weight
- 182.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-methyl-2,4-dinitrobenzene
- SMILES
- CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- RMBFBMJGBANMMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2
- Polar surface area
- 91.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Isomers of dinitrotoluene
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2,4-Dinitrotoluene (DNT) or dinitro is an organic compound with the formula C7H6N2O4. This pale yellow crystalline solid is well known as a precursor to trinitrotoluene (TNT) but is mainly produced as a precursor to toluene diisocyanate.
==Isomers of dinitrotoluene== Six positional isomers are possible for dinitrotoluene. The most common one is 2,4-dinitrotoluene. The nitration of toluene gives sequentially mononitrotoluene, DNT, and finally TNT. 2,4-DNT is the principal product from dinitration, the other main product being about 30% 1,3-DN2-T. The nitration of 4-nitrotoluene gives 2,4-DNT.