Structured Summary
Abstract
A suspected industrial carcinogen (and listed as such by OSHA). Its N-hydroxy metabolite is strongly carcinogenic and mutagenic.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C10H9N
- Molecular Weight
- 143.18 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 134-32-7
- IUPAC Name
- naphthalen-1-amine
- InChIKey
- RUFPHBVGCFYCNW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CC=C2N
- MeSH Unique ID
- D015057
- Source
- PubChem CID 8640
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Synonyms
8 entry terms
- 1-Aminonaphthalene
- 8-Aminonaphthalene
- Naphthalidine
- alpha-Naphthylamine
- 1 Aminonaphthalene
- 1 Naphthylamine
- 8 Aminonaphthalene
- alpha Naphthylamine
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Aspects Covered
19 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analogs & derivatives, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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History Note
91(76); was see under NAPHTHALENES 1976-90
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Previous Indexing
- Amines (1969-1975)
- Naphthalenes (1969-1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. 1-Naphthylamine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015057. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015057
- 1-Naphthylamine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Naphthylamine
- 1-Naphthylamine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161655
- 1-Naphthylamine. In: PubChem Compound. CID 8640. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8640