2-methoxy-5-nitrophenol CAS:636-93-1

2-methoxy-5-nitrophenol is mainly used as a chemical building block and precursor in industrial organic synthesis. The methoxy and nitro substituents on the aromatic ring make the compound receptive to both electrophilic aromatic substitution and nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions. It can be reduced, acylated, alkylated, or undergo other transformations to yield a variety of derivatives. In particular, 2-methoxy-5-nitrophenol serves as an important starting material in the production of commonly used pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials. It can also act as a chemoselective reducing agent and an intermediate in dye synthesis. The combination of activating and deactivating substituents provides 2-methoxy-5-nitrophenol with greater synthetic versatility.