Title: N,N-Dimethyl-1-naphthylamine
CAS Registry Number: 86-56-6
CAS Name: N,N-Dimethyl-1-naphthalenamine
Synonyms: 1-dimethylaminonaphthalene
Molecular Formula: C12H13N
Molecular Weight: 171.24
Percent Composition: C 84.17%, H 7.65%, N 8.18%
Literature References: Prepn by heating in a closed tube 1-naphthylamine and methyl iodide in methyl alcohol: Landshoff,
Ber. 11, 643 (1878); by heating 1-naphthylamine with dimethyl sulfate in sodium hydroxide in presence of pyridine: Germuth,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 51, 1556 (1929). Use: F. G. Germuth,
Ind. Eng. Chem. Anal. Ed. 1, 28 (1929).
Properties: Oil; aromatic odor. bp711 274.5°, bp90 193°, bp69 184.5°, bp13 139-140°; d44 1.0522, d1515 1.0446, d2525 1.0391;
nD20 1.622. Readily sol in alcohol or ether.
Boiling point: bp711 274.5°; bp90 193°; bp69 184.5°; bp13 139-140°
Index of refraction: nD20 1.622
Density: d44 1.0522; d1515 1.0446; d2525 1.0391
Use: Detection and determination of nitrites.