2,4-dinitrophenol


2,4-di·ni·tro·phe·nol (DNP, Dnp),

(dī-nī'trō-fē'nol), N2pH-OH; a toxic dye, chemically related to trinitrophenol (picric acid), used in biochemical studies of oxidative processes where it uncouples oxidative phosphorylation; it is also a metabolic stimulant.

2,4-dinitrophenol

(dī-nī″trō-fē′nŏl) C6H4N2O5; a toxic compound formerly used to make dyes.