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p-Anisidine (or para-anisidine) is an organic compound with the formula CH3OC6H4NH2. A white solid, commercial samples can appear grey-brown owing to air oxidation. It is one of three isomers of anisidine, methoxy-containing anilines. It is prepared by reduction of 4-nitroanisole.[8]

Anisidine value

p-Anisidine condenses readily with aldehydes and ketones to form Schiff bases, which absorb at 350 nm. This colorimetric reaction is used to test for the presence of oxidation products in fats and oils, an official method for detecting them by the American Oil Chemists' Society.[9] It is particularly good at detecting unsaturated aldehydes, which are the ones that are most likely to generate unacceptable flavors, making it particularly useful in food quality testing.[10][11]

Safety

p-Anisidine is a relatively toxic compound with a permissible exposure limit of 0.5 mg/m3.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 669. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-00648. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4. The names 'toluidine', 'anisidine', and 'phenetidine' for which o-, m-, and p- have been used to distinguish isomers, and 'xylidine' for which numerical locants, such as 2,3-, have been used, are no longer recommended, nor are the corresponding prefixes 'toluidine', 'anisidino', 'phenetidine', and 'xylidino'.
  2. ^ a b c d "Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Anisidine (o-, p-isomers)" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b c d NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0035". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  4. ^ Weast, Robert C., ed. (1981). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (62nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. C-98. ISBN 0-8493-0462-8.
  5. ^ "p-Anisidine safety and hazards". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  6. ^ p-Anisidine toxicity
  7. ^ a b "p-Anisidine". Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  8. ^ Mitchell, Stephen C.; Waring, Rosemary H. (2000). "Aminophenols". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a02_099. ISBN 3527306730.
  9. ^ "AOCS Official Method Cd 18-90". American Oil Chemists' Society. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  10. ^ Steele, Robert (2004). Understanding and Measuring the Shelf-Life of Food. Woodhead Publishing in Food Science and Technology Series. Woodhead Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 1855737329.
  11. ^ A.J. Dijkstra (2016). "Vegetable Oils: Composition and Analysis". Encyclopedia of Food and Health. pp. 357–364. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384947-2.00708-X. ISBN 9780123849533.

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