2-Naphthol

• β -naphthol
• 2- Hydroxynaphthalene

White to yellowish crystalline powder with odor phenolartigem

Fixed

1.22 g · cm -3

123 ° C.

285 ° C.

9.57 (25 ° C)

Sparingly soluble in water: 1 g · l-1 (20 ° C)

Attention

1960 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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2-naphthol (including β -naphthol ) is an organic chemical compound. The structure consists of a naphthalene with an added hydroxyl group ( -OH). It can therefore also be described as 2-hydroxynaphthalene. There is an isomer of 1-naphthol ( α -naphthol, 1- Hydroxynaphthalene ).

Representation

2-naphthol can be obtained by alkaline hydrolysis of sodium naphthalene- 2-sulfonate, by the oxidation of naphthalene or 2 -bromonaphthalene, and butyl hydroperoxide.