m-Anisidine is an organic compound with the formula CH3OC6H4NH2. A clear light yellow or amber color liquid, commercial samples can appear brown owing to air oxidation. It is one of three isomers of the methoxy-containing aniline derivative.

m-Anisidine
Skeletal formula of m-anisidine
Ball-and-stick model of the m-anisidine molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Methoxyaniline[1]
Other names
meta-Anisidine; 3-Anisidine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 208-651-4
RTECS number
  • BZ5408000
UNII
UN number 2431
  • InChI=1S/C7H9NO/c1-9-7-4-2-3-6(8)5-7/h2-5H,8H2,1H3 checkY
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  • InChI=1/C7H9NO/c1-9-7-4-2-3-6(8)5-7/h2-5H,8H2,1H3
  • Nc1cccc(OC)c1
Properties[2]
C7H9NO
Molar mass 123.155 g·mol−1
Appearance Pale yellow oily liquid
Density 1.096 (20 °C)
Melting point < 0 °C (32 °F; 273 K)
Boiling point 251 °C (484 °F; 524 K)
Solubility Soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether, acetone, benzene
-79.95·10−6 cm3/mol
1.5794
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS06: ToxicGHS07: Exclamation markGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H302, H311, H315, H319, H335, H410
P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P322, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P361, P362, P363, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Flash point > 122 °C (252 °F; 395 K)
515 °C (959 °F; 788 K)
Related compounds
Related compounds
o-Anisidine
p-Anisidine
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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References edit

  1. ^ Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 669. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-00648. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. The names 'toluidine', 'anisidine', and 'phenetidine' for which o-, m-, and p- have been used to distinguish isomers, and 'xylidine' for which numerical locants, such as 2,3-, have been used, are no longer recommended, nor are the corresponding prefixes 'toluidine', 'anisidino', 'phenetidine', and 'xylidino'.
  2. ^ Weast, Robert C., ed. (1981). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (62nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. C-98. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8..

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