Title:  N,N-Dimethyl-1-naphthylamine 
CAS Registry Number:  86-56-6 
CAS Name:  N,N-Dimethyl-1-naphthalenamine 
Additional Names:  1-dimethylaminonaphthalene 
Molecular Formula:  C12H13N 
Molecular Weight:  171.24 
Percent Composition:  C 84.17%, H 7.65%, N 8.18% 
Literature References:  Prepn by heating in a closed tube 1-naphthylamine and methyl iodide in methyl alcohol:  Landshoff, Ber. 11, 643 (1878); by heating 1-naphthylamine with dimethyl sulfate in sodium hydroxide in presence of pyridine:  Germuth, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 51, 1556 (1929).  Use:  F. G. Germuth, Ind. Eng. Chem. Anal. Ed. 1, 28 (1929). 
Properties:  Oil; aromatic odor.  bp711 274.5°, bp90 193°, bp69 184.5°, bp13 139-140°; d44 1.0522, d1515 1.0446, d2525 1.0391; nD20 1.622.  Readily sol in alcohol or ether. 
Boiling point:  bp711 274.5°; bp90 193°; bp69 184.5°; bp13 139-140° 
Index of refraction:  nD20 1.622 
Density:  d44 1.0522; d1515 1.0446; d2525 1.0391 
Use:  Detection and determination of nitrites.   |