C₆H₄(NH₂)₂ Also known as diaminobenzene. Any of three toxic isomeric crystalline compounds that are diamino derivatives of benzene; the ortho form, toxic colorless crystals melting at 102–104_C and soluble in alcohol, ether, water, and chloroform, is used to manufacture dyes, in photographic developers, and as a chemical intermediate; the meta form, colorless crystals unstable in air, melting at 63_C, and soluble in alcohol, ether, and water, is used to manufacture dyes, in textile dyeing, and as a nitrous acid detector; the para form, white to purple crystals melting at 147_C, soluble in alcohol and ether, and irritating to the skin, is used to manufacture dyes, in chemical analysis, and in photographic developers.