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Organic Chemicals > Nitro Compounds > Nitrophenols > Dinitrophenols > 2,4-Dinitrophenol
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Preferred term

2,4-Dinitrophenol  

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Entry terms

  • 2,4-DNP

Scope note

  • A toxic dye, chemically related to trinitrophenol (picric acid), used in biochemical studies of oxidative processes where it uncouples oxidative phosphorylation. It is also used as a metabolic stimulant. (Stedman, 26th ed)

History note

  • 97; was 2,4-DINITROPHENOL (NM) 1980-96

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