H Shaki - Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
K Gharanjig - Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
S Rouhani - Department of Organic Colorants, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
A Khosravi - Amirkabir University of Technology, Department of polymer engineering and color technology, Tehran, Iran

4-nitro-N-2-aminomethylepyridine-1,8-naphthalimide was prepared by imidationreaction from 4-nitro-1,8-naphthalic anhydride and 2-aminomethylpyridine in good yield. The chemical structure of product was determined by using of standard spectroscopic methods such as FTIR and DSC.

Acenaphthene, Naphthalimide, Pyridine, Imidation, Characterization