Aniline
Phenylamine or aminobenzene. Because its use as a raw material in the production of dyes is very common, the word “aniline” is sometimes misused as a generic synonym for “dye”.
C6H5NH2
In its pure state, it is a colorless oily liquid with a pleasant smell.
Obtained by hydrogenation of nitrobenzene and in the presence of a catalyst.
It is one of the most useful and multipurpose organic compounds. Manufacturing base for thousands of chemical products, such as polyurethane foam, photographic reagents, synthetic inks, antioxidants, stabilizers for the latex industry, herbicides, varnishes and explosives.
Isolated for the first time in 1826, by Otto Unverdorben, using the destructive distillation process of the indigo vegetable dye. Initially named Crystallin, the synthesis of aniline passed through the hands of several chemists, until 1843, when August Wilhelm von Hofmann demonstrated that it was the same substance, henceforth known as aniline. The word aniline comes from the Portuguese etymology “anil”, which refers to the plant also known as indigo.
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