1,8-Diaminonaphthalene
Chemical compound
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1,8-Diaminonaphthalene is an organic compound with the formula C10H6(NH2)2. It is one of several isomeric naphthalenediamines. It is a colorless solid that darkens in air due to oxidation. It is a precursor to commercial pigments.[1]
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Naphthalene-1,8-diamine | |
| Other names
Deltamin, 1,8-Naphthalenediamine | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.006.846 |
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| Properties | |
| C10H10N2 | |
| Molar mass | 158.1998 |
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Related Aromatic amines |
1-Naphthylamine 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Synthesis and reactions

It is prepared by reduction of 1,8-dinitronaphthalene, which in turn is obtained (along with other dinitronaphthalenes) by nitration of 1-nitronaphthalene.
Upon treatment with phthalic anhydride derivatives, the diamine converts to phthaloperinones.[2] The derivative from phthalic anhydride itself, Solvent Orange 60, is a useful orange pigment. It is a precursor to 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene. This compound used to produce perimidines by various aldehydes.[3]
