| Summary: | 3,5-Dinitroaniline, CASRN 618-87-1, belongs to the class of compounds known as nitroaromatics, which are often used as intermediates in the preparation of dyes and pesticides (e.g., herbicides). 3,5-Dinitroaniline is a weak explosive but may be nitrated to yield the powerful explosive 2,3,4,5,6-pentanitroaniline (Talmage et al., 1999). It is not listed on U.S. EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act's public inventory (U.S. EPA, 2015), nor is it registered with Europe's Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) program (ECHA, 2015b). Nitroanilines are normally formed by ammonolysis of the corresponding chloronitrobenzene (Amini and Lowenkron, 2003). 3,5-Dinitroaniline is also produced from the reduction of 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene with sodium sulfide (Booth, 2012). During the production of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 3,5-dinitroaniline is formed as a byproduct. Thus, 3,5-dinitroanilinehas been found in the environment near munitions production and processing facilities (Talmage et al., 1999).s
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