morsagh
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Metol everywhere
Hi, I have noticed that in nearly every old lab there is lot of metol (N-methyl-4-hydroxyanilline). What is it good for? I thought that maybe
photography (wiki) but some bottles are p.a. grade so what is use of if in chemistry? Thanks
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pantone159
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Metol is a very common black and white film developer, but I am not sure what other uses it has.
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TheMrbunGee
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yea, I got it too ,not sure what to do with it now. 
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morsagh
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Some nice synthesis or some use for it?
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clearly_not_atara
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You can probably make a phenolphthalein analog out of it, for one.
[Edited on 04-20-1969 by clearly_not_atara]
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