Picric acid

• Formula: C₆H₃N₃O₇
• Molecular weight: 229.1039
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H3N3O7/c10-6-4(8(13)14)1-3(7(11)12)2-5(6)9(15)16/h1-2,10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OXNIZHLAWKMVMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 88-89-1
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• Other names: Phenol, 2,4,6-trinitro-; C.I. 10305; Carbazotic Acid; Melinite; Nitroxanthic acid; Picral; Picronitric acid; Trinitrophenol; 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol; Acide picrique; Acido picrico; Phenol trinitrate; Pikrinezuur; Pikrinsaeure; Pikrynowy kwas; 1,3,5-Trinitrophenol; 2-Hydroxy-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene; 2,4,6-Trinitrofenol; 2,4,6-Trinitrofenolo; Kyselina pikrova; UN 0154; 2,4,6-Trinitrophenyl; Hager's reagent; Pertite; Reflorit; NSC 36947
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References

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Singh and Kumar, 1989
Singh, N.B.; Kumar, P., Solidification Behavior of the Addition Compound and Eutectics between Picric Acid and Cinnamic Acid, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1989, 34, 145. [all data]

Kotula and Rabczuk, 1985
Kotula, I.; Rabczuk, A., DTA Investigation of the Solid-Liquid Equilibrium for Mehtyl Derivatives of Naphthalene with Some Nitroaromatics, J. Therm. Anal., 1985, 30, 195. [all data]

Farrell and Shahidi, 1979
Farrell, P.G.; Shahidi, F., DSC studies of aromatic hydrocarbon picrates, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 33, 275. [all data]

Assal, 1966
Assal, F.A., Binary Systems of Phenol, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1966, 14, 599. [all data]

Buechner, 1906
Buechner, E.H., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1906, 54, 665. [all data]

Philip and Smith, 1905
Philip, J.C.; Smith, S.H., Researches on the freezing points of binary mixtures of organic substances: the behavior of the dihydric phenols towards p-toluidine,alpha-naphthylamine, and picric acid, J. Chem. Soc., 1905, 87, 1735. [all data]

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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