4-Nitroaniline Safety Data Sheets

Acute toxicity - Category 3, Oral

Acute toxicity - Category 3, Dermal

Acute toxicity - Category 3, Inhalation

Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure, Category 2

Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long-term (Chronic) - Category Chronic 3

If inhaled

Following skin contact

Following eye contact

Following ingestion

Inhalation or ingestion causes headache, drowsiness, shortness of breath, nausea, methemoglobinemia, and unconsciousness; fingernails, lips, and ears become bluish; prolonged and excessive exposures may also cause liver damage. Contact with eyes causes irritation and possible corneal damage. Contact with skin causes irritation; continued exposure may cause same symptoms as inhalation or ingestion. (USCG, 1999)

Special Hazards of Combustion Products: Toxic oxides of nitrogen may form in fire. Behavior in Fire: Melts and burns (USCG, 1999)

Use water spray, powder, foam, carbon dioxide. In case of fire: keep drums, etc., cool by spraying with water. Combat fire from a sheltered position.

Personal protection: particulate filter respirator adapted to the airborne concentration of the substance. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Sweep spilled substance into covered containers. If appropriate, moisten first to prevent dusting. Wash away remainder with plenty of water.

Personal protection: particulate filter respirator adapted to the airborne concentration of the substance. Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment. Sweep spilled substance into covered containers. If appropriate, moisten first to prevent dusting. Wash away remainder with plenty of water.

1. Ventilate area of spill. 2. For small quantities, sweep onto paper or other suitable material, place in an appropriate container & burn in a safe place (such as a fume hood). Large quantities may be reclaimed; however, if this is not practical, dissolve in a flammable solvent (such as alcohol) & atomize in a suitable combustion chamber equipped with an appropriate effluent gas cleaning device.

NO open flames. NO contact with combustible substances. Closed system, dust explosion-proof electrical equipment and lighting. Prevent deposition of dust. Handling in a well ventilated place. Wear suitable protective clothing. Avoid contact with skin and eyes. Avoid formation of dust and aerosols. Use non-sparking tools. Prevent fire caused by electrostatic discharge steam.

Separated from strong acids, strong oxidants, combustible substances, reducing agents and food and feedstuffs. Dry.Store in a cool, dry, well-ventilated location. Separate from acids, oxidizing materials, & reducing agents.

Occupational Exposure limit values

Biological limit values

Eye/face protection

Skin protection

Respiratory protection

Thermal hazards

May explode on heating. On combustion, forms toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides. Reacts with strong acids, strong oxidants and strong reducing agents. Reacts with organic materials in the presence of moisture. This generates fire hazard.

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Combustible when exposed to heat or flame.Dust explosion possible if in powder or granular form, mixed with air.P-NITROANILINE may react vigorously with sulfuric acid above 392° F. It may also react with sodium hydroxide at 266° F. Under pressure, it may produce an explosive compound. It is incompatible with strong oxidizers and strong reducing agents. It is capable of explosive decomposition with strong initiators. It will attack some forms of plastics, rubber and coatings. (NTP, 1992)

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An ammonical soln of 4-nitroaniline containing ammonium chloride was being treated with 50% sodium hydroxide soln to displace ammonia. In error, double the amt required to give usual 10% of free alkali was added, & during subsequent degassing operation (heating to 130 deg C under pressure, followed by depressuring to vent ammonia), complete conversion to sodium 4-nitrophenoxide occurred. ... /When/ separated by centrifuging, it was then heated to dry ... when it decomposed violently & was ejected through the vessel opening. ... Some of the tautomeric aci-nitroquinonoid salt may have been produced during the drying operation.

Explosive decomposition may occur under fire conditions.

Acute toxicity

• Oral: LD50 - Bird - wild bird species - 75 mg/kg bw.
• Inhalation: LC50 - rat (male) - 47.485 ppm.
• Dermal: LD50 - guinea pig - > 500 mg/kg bw.

Skin corrosion/irritation

Serious eye damage/irritation

Respiratory or skin sensitization

Germ cell mutagenicity

Carcinogenicity

Reproductive toxicity

STOT-single exposure

STOT-repeated exposure

Aspiration hazard

• Toxicity to fish: LC50 - Danio rerio (previous name: Brachydanio rerio) - 87.6 mg/L - 96 h.
• Toxicity to daphnia and other aquatic invertebrates: LC50 - Daphnia magna - 24 mg/L - 24 h.
• Toxicity to algae: EC50 - Chlorococcales - 68 mg/L - 24 h.
• Toxicity to microorganisms: IC50 - Tetrahymena pyriformis - 10.14 mg/L - 60 h.

P-nitroaniline at concn 250-1000 mg/l was degraded by a mixt of pseudomonas fluorescens & bacillus valinovorus.

In a 6-week bioconcentration test, the BCF of 4-nitroaniline was 2.9-3.6 at a concentration of 0.5 mg/L and <10 at a concentration of 0.05 mg/L(1). In a bioconcentration study using zebrafish and a 4-nitroaniline concentration of 0.21 umol/L, the BCF was measured to be 4.4(2). According to a classification scheme(3), these experimental BCF values suggest bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is low (SRC).

4-Nitroaniline has measured log Koc values of 1.78(1) and 1.88(2) and log Kom values of 1.49(3) and 1.64(4). These values correspond to Koc values of 60, 76, 54 and 75, respectively. 4-Nitroaniline has also been observed to have a Koc of 87(5). According to a classification scheme(6), these Koc values suggest that 4-nitroaniline is expected to have high mobility in soil. 4-Nitroaniline was found to have a Kd value of 13.5 L/kg in homoionic K+ Montmorillonite type soil(7). However, anilines are expected to bind strongly to humus or organic matter in soils due to the high reactivity of the aromatic amino group(8,9), suggesting that mobility may be much lower in some soils(SRC). 4-Nitroaniline had small and scattered amounts of irreversible binding over a 20 hour experiment(10).

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Product

Contaminated packaging

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Information on revision

Abbreviations and acronyms

• CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service
• ADR: European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
• RID: Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail
• IMDG: International Maritime Dangerous Goods
• IATA: International Air Transportation Association
• TWA: Time Weighted Average
• STEL: Short term exposure limit
• LC50: Lethal Concentration 50%
• LD50: Lethal Dose 50%
• EC50: Effective Concentration 50%

References

• IPCS - The International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC), website: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/icsc/showcard.home
• HSDB - Hazardous Substances Data Bank, website: https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/newtoxnet/hsdb.htm
• IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer, website: http://www.iarc.fr/
• eChemPortal - The Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances by OECD, website: http://www.echemportal.org/echemportal/index?pageID=0&request_locale=en
• CAMEO Chemicals, website: http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/search/simple
• ChemIDplus, website: http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidlite.jsp
• ERG - Emergency Response Guidebook by U.S. Department of Transportation, website: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/erg
• Germany GESTIS-database on hazard substance, website: http://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp
• ECHA - European Chemicals Agency, website: https://echa.europa.eu/

Other Information

Depending on the degree of exposure, periodic medical examination is indicated.Specific treatment is necessary in case of poisoning with this substance; the appropriate means with instructions must be available.See ICSCs 0306 and 0307.