Бензидин: қасиеттері, өндірілуі және қауіптері

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| PIN = [1,1′ Biphenyl] 4,4′ diamine
| OtherNames = Benzidine, di phenylamine, diphenylamine, 4,4' bianiline, 4,4' biphenyldiamine, 1,1' biphenyl 4,4' diamine, 4,4' diaminobiphenyl, p diaminodiphenyl, p benzidine
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Benzidine is prepared in a two step process from nitrobenzene. First, the nitrobenzene is converted to 1,2 diphenylhydrazine, usually using iron powder as the reducing agent. Treatment of this hydrazine with mineral acids induces a rearrangement reaction to 4,4' benzidine. Smaller amounts of other isomers are also formed. The benzidine rearrangement, which proceeds intramolecularly, is a classic mechanistic puzzle in organic chemistry. The conversion is described as a [5,5]sigmatropic reaction. In terms of its physical properties, 4,4' benzidine is poorly soluble in cold water but can be recrystallized from hot water, where it crystallises as the monohydrate. It is dibasic, the deprotonated species has Ka values of 9.3 × 10−10 and 5.6 × 10−11. Its solutions react with oxidizing agents to give deeply coloured quinone related derivatives.

Conversion of benzidine to the bis(diazonium) salt was once an integral step in the preparation of direct dyes (requiring no mordant). Treatment of this bis(diazonium) salt with 1 aminonaphthalene 4 sulfonic acid gives the once popular congo red dye. In the past, benzidine was used to test for blood. An enzyme in blood causes the oxidation of benzidine to a distinctively blue coloured derivative. The test for cyanide relies on similar reactivity. Such applications have largely been replaced by methods using phenolphthalein/hydrogen peroxide and luminol.

A variety of derivatives of 4,4’ benzidine are commercially produced on the scale of one to a few thousand kilograms per year, mainly as precursors to dyes and pigments. The manufacture of Benzidine has been illegal in the UK since at least 2002 under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH).