Testing Information

Testing Status of Agents at NTP

CAS Registry Number: 88-96-0

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Selected information from two of the National Library of Medicine's databases: ChemIDPlus1 and HSDB2.

Names (NTP)

  • Phthalamide
  • 1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXAMIDE (9CI)

Structure

Chemical Structure for CAS Registry Number 88-96-0 from NLM

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Chemical Properties2

Property Description
Color/Form
  • MINUTE CRYSTALS
  • Colorless crystals
Odor
  • None found
Taste
  • None found
Boiling Point
  • None found
Melting Point
  • 228 DEG C, DECOMPOSES AT MELTING POINT
Molecular Weight
  • 164.16
Corrosivity
  • None found
Critical Temperature & Pressure
  • None found
Density/Specific Gravity
  • None found
Disassociation Constants
  • None found
Heat of Combustion
  • 921.7 CAL/MOL
Heat of Vaporization
  • None found
log P (octanol-water)
  • log Kow = -1.73
pH
  • None found
Solubilities
  • SLIGHTLY SOL IN COLD WATER, METHANOL; MORE SOL IN HOT SOLVENTS
  • SLIGHTLY SOL IN ETHER
  • Water solubility = 200 mg/l
Spectral Properties
  • IR: 21064 (Sadtler Research Laboratories Prism Collection)
  • UV: 8200 (Sadtler Research Laboratories Spectral Collection)
Surface Tension
  • None found
Vapor Density
  • None found
Vapor Pressure
  • None found
Relative Evaporation Rate
  • None found
Viscosity
  • None found
Other Properties
  • Boiling of aqueous or alcoholic solution produces NH3 & phthalimide
  • MP: 221-223 DEG C /COMMERCIAL GRADES/

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Uses2

  • LABORATORY REAGENT; CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE FOR CI PIGMENT BLUE 15, O-PHTHALONITRILE **PEER REVIEWED**
  • Intermediate in organic synthesis, laboratory reagent.
  • By stirring phthalimide with cold concentrated ammonia solution; by the reaction of phthalyl chloride and ammonia.

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Superlist Classes1

  • None found

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Notes (Sources: NTP,HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1

  • None found

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Other Registry Numbers1

  • None found

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Synonyms (Sources: NTP, HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1

  • P-D
  • 4-09-00-03265 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
  • 1,2-Benzenedicarboxamide
  • BRN 1868220
  • o-Carbamoylbenzamide
  • HSDB 4087
  • NCI-C03612
  • Phthalamide
  • Phthaldiamide
  • Phthalic acid diamide
  • o-Phthalic acid diamide

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Links to Additional Information1

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Footnotes

1 Source: the National Library of Medicine's ChemIDPlus, 10/28/2007.

2 Source: the National Library of Medicine's Hazardous Substance Database, 10/28/2007.

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Web page last updated on May 14, 2008