DINITROTOLUENE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 25321-14-6

DINITROTOLUENE
EINECS NO.  
FORMULA C6H3(CH3)(NO2)2
MOL WT. 182.1
H.S. CODE 2904.20

TOXICITY

 Oral rat LD50: 790 mg/kg
SYNONYMS Dinitrotoluene mixture; Methyl dinitrobenzene;
DNT; Ddinitrotoluene, all isomers; Dinitritoluene (mixed isomers); TDNT; Methyldinitrobenzene; dinitrotoluene (2,4 and 2,6 mix); dinitrophenylmethane;

SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE light yellow crystalline solid
MELTING POINT 65 - 90 C
BOILING POINT 250 - 300 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.3
SOLUBILITY IN WATER Very slightly

SOLVENT SOLUBILITY

 Soluble acetone, DMSO, ether, alcohol
IN pH  
VAPOR DENSITY 6.3
AUTOIGNITION

 
NFPA RATINGS Health: 3 Flammability: 1 Reactivity: 3

REFRACTIVE INDEX

  
FLASH POINT 207 C
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATIONS
Dinitrotoluene, pale yellow crystalline solids, is a mixture of six isomeric products. It is highly explosive. Violent combustion or explosion is caused when heated. It reacts violently with strong oxidants, strong bases and metals such as tin and zinc, causing fire and explosion hazard. It is usually formed by mixing toluene with nitric acid in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid. It is primarily used as an intermediate in the production of flexible polyurethane foams. It is also used in the production of munitions, explosives and dyes.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

light yellow crystalline solid

TYPICAL ISOMER RATIO

 2,4 : 80 ± 1% , 2,6 : 20 ± 1% ,
OTHER ISOMERS

2,3 and 3,4: 4.5% max , 2,5 and 3,5: 1.5% max

MOISTURE

1.0% max

MONONITROTOLUENE

0.5% max

TRINITROTOLUENE

0.1% max

ACIDITY

0.01% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 25kgs in drum
HAZARD CLASS 6.1 (Packing group: II)
UN NO. 2038
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: T, Risk Phrases: 23/24/25/33, Safety Phrases: 28/37/45