Chemical Properties
yellow to orange crystalline powder
Uses
2-Methoxy-4-nitroaniline is used as a photometric reagent for the determination of ethinylestradiol (ETE), a semi-synthetic estrogen that is widely used in oral contraceptives.
General Description
2-Methoxy-4-nitroaniline is an important inducer of CYP1A2 owing to its small molecular size.
Flammability and Explosibility
Nonflammable
Biochem/physiol Actions
The metabolism of 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline (MNA) occurs via the hydroxylation of the phenyl ring to form 6-hydroxy MNA in Harlan Sprague Dawley rats and B6C3F(1)/N mice.
Solubility in organics
The change trend of the solubility magnitude in different monosolvents from high to low was as follows: N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) > dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) > 1,4-dioxane > ethyl acetate > acetonitrile > ethanol > methanol > n-propanol > isopropanol > ethylene glycol (EG) > n-butanol > water[1].