"Trinitrophenol" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Trinitrophenol" Meaning

2,4,6-Trinitrophenol, commonly known as picric acid or TNP, is a synthetic solid compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3OH. It is an isomer of the amino phenol resorcinol and pyrocatechol.

"Trinitrophenol" Examples

Trinitrophenol Examples

In organic chemistry, trinitrophenol (TNP) is most notable as an example of a phenol that is both commercially available and, when pure, highly explosive due to the presence of nitro groups which can facilitate a rapid increase in temperature when ignited.
2,4,6-Trinitrophenol is used in the Ehrlich test to detect the presence of certain compounds, as the compound reacts with the unknown compound to form a colored pigment which precipitates as a result of the formation of a substituted azo compound.
A specific ortho isomer, 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, is used to produce perfumes and to prepare biologically stable nitrocellulose.
As an allosteric inhibitor of the enzyme nitric oxide synthase, particularly NOS1, 2,4,6-trinitrophenol can exert a suppressive effect similar to that of testosterone and estradiol on the production of nitric oxide in the brain, as research has shown.
During World War II, trinitrophenol was one of several exotic qubits used by the Government in the loft of an undiverted ac power line to spy on   communications at Hazewall.