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| Preferred IUPAC name N-Hydroxyaniline | |||
| Other names beta-phenylhydroxylamine; phenylhydroxylamine;N-hydroxybenzeneamine; hydroxylaminobenzene | |||
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.002.614 | ||
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| Properties | |||
| C6H7NO | |||
| Molar mass | 109.1274 g/mol | ||
| Appearance | yellow needles | ||
| Melting point | 80 to 81 °C (176 to 178 °F; 353 to 354 K) | ||
| −68.2·10−6 cm3/mol | |||
| Related compounds | |||
Related compounds | hydroxylamine,nitrosobenzene | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |||
N-Phenylhydroxylamine is theorganic compound with theformula C6H5NHOH. It is an intermediate in the redox-related pairC6H5NH2 andC6H5NO.N-Phenylhydroxylamine should not be confused with its isomer α-phenylhydroxylamine orO-phenylhydroxylamine.
This compound can be prepared by the reduction ofnitrobenzene with zinc in the presence of NH4Cl.[1][2]
Alternatively, it can be prepared by transfer hydrogenation of nitrobenzene using hydrazine as an H2 source over a rhodiumcatalyst.[3]

Phenylhydroxylamine is unstable to heating, and in the presence of strong acids easily rearranges to4-aminophenol via theBamberger rearrangement. Oxidation of phenylhydroxylamine withdichromate givesnitrosobenzene.
Like other hydroxylamines it will react withaldehydes to formnitrones, illustrative is the condensation with benzaldehyde to form diphenylnitrone, a well-known1,3-dipolar compound:[4]
Phenylhydroxylamine is attacked by NO+ sources to givecupferron:[5]
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