Phenylarsonic acid

Phenylarsonic acid
Stereo structural formula of phenylarsonic acid
Stereo structural formula of phenylarsonic acid
Ball-and-stick model of the phenylarsonic acid molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Phenylarsonic acid
Other names
Benzenearsonic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations PAA
2935741
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.002.393 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 202-631-9
131185
MeSH Benzenearsonic+acid
RTECS number
  • CY3150000
UNII
UN number 1557
  • InChI=1S/C6H7AsO3/c8-7(9,10)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H2,8,9,10) checkY
    Key: LVKZSFMYNWRPJX-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • O[As](O)(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1
Properties
C6H7AsO3
Molar mass 202.041 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless solid
Density 1.76 g cm−3
Melting point 154 to 158 °C (309 to 316 °F; 427 to 431 K)
low
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Toxic
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Phenylarsonic acid is the chemical compound with the formula C6H5AsO(OH)2, commonly abbreviated PhAsO3H2. This colourless solid is an organic derivative of arsenic acid, AsO(OH)3, where one OH group has been replaced by a phenyl group. The compound is a buffering agent and a precursor to other organoarsenic compounds, some of which are used in animal nutrition, e.g. 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzenearsonic acid.

Preparation and structure

PhAsO3H2 can be prepared in several routes, but a common one entails treatment of phenyl diazonium salts with sodium arsenite (prepared from arsenious acid and base) in the presence of a copper(II) catalyst.[1]

C
6H
5N+
2 + NaAsO3H2 → C6H5AsO3H2 + Na+ + N2

Related derivatives are prepared similarly.[2] It was first prepared by Michaelis and Loenser.[3][4][5] X-ray crystallography indicates that the molecules are connected by hydrogen-bonds consistent with short distance of 2.5 Å separating the oxygen atoms. The arsenic center is tetrahedral.[6]

Several derivatives of phenylarsonic acid have been used as additives for animal feeds. These include 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzenearsonic acid (3-NHPAA, or Roxarsone), p-arsanilic acid (p-ASA), 4-nitrophenylarsonic acid (4-NPAA), and p-ureidophenylarsonic acid (p-UPAA).

References

  1. ^ Bullard, R. H.; Dickey, J. B. "Phenylarsonic Acid" Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 2, pages 494 (1943). http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV2P0494.pdf
  2. ^ Ruddy, A. W.; Starkey, E. B. "p-Nitrophenylarsonic Acid" Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 3, pp. 665 (1955). "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ A. Michaelis; H. Loesner (1877). "Ueber nitrirte Phenylarsenverbindungen". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 27: 263–272. doi:10.1002/cber.18940270151.
  4. ^ A. Michaelis (1875). "Ueber aromatische Arsenverbindungen". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 8 (2): 1316–1317. doi:10.1002/cber.187500802125.
  5. ^ A. Michaelis; W. La Coste; A. Michaelis (1880). "Ueber die Verbindungen der Elemente der Stickstoffgruppe mit den Radicalen der aromatischen Reihe. Dritte Abhandlung: Ueber aromatische Arsenverbindungen". Annalen der Chemie. 201 (2–3): 184–261. doi:10.1002/jlac.18802010204.
  6. ^ Struchkov, Yu. T. "Crystal and molecular structure of phenylarsonic acid" Russian Chemical Bulletin 1960, Volume 9, 1829-1833. doi:10.1007/BF00907739