1,2-Dinitrobenzene (o-Dinitrobenzene) is one of the nitroaromatic compounds present in urine which has been studied using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring methods?. The electrochemistry of 1,2-dinitrobenzene (o-Dinitrobenzene) is strongly affected by 1,3-diphenylurea.

The electrochemistry of 1,2-dinitrobenzene in the presence of 1,3-diphenylurea was studied. The kinetics of the aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions of 1,2-dinitrobenzene with butylamine and piperidine were investigated as a function of the amine concentration and temperature.