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2,4-Dinitrophenol DNP

An industrial chemical, not a medicine, that forces the body to burn fat by turning it into heat instead of usable energy. It causes real, fast fat loss in documented cases, but the gap between an effective dose and a fatal one is dangerously small, and it has caused deaths from the body overheating.

Also known as Dinitrophenol, Aldifen, Nitrophene, Dinofan, Phenol, 2,4-dinitro-, Fenoxyl carbon N, Solfo Black B, Tertrosulphur PBR

Effects Lose fat
Routes Oral
WADA Not listed

3D Molecular Structure of C6H4N2O5

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  • Carbon
  • Hydrogen
  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen

Chemistry

Formula
C6H4N2O5
Molar mass
184.11
CAS
51-28-5
PubChem CID
1493
IUPAC name
2,4-dinitrophenol
InChIKey
UFBJCMHMOXMLKC-UHFFFAOYSA-N