有不愉快气味。能升华，可随水蒸气挥发。在空气中逐渐氧化成红色或粉红色结晶块。对光敏感。能从氨溶液中还原硝酸银。溶于醇和醚，不溶于水(溶于590份水)。低毒，半数致死量（大鼠，经口）779mg/kg。有致癌可能性。荧光指示剂。检定锇、铷、钒、铬、铜、汞、铊和臭氧。亚硝酸试剂。钌、锇、钯的催化测定。气相色谱固定液(最高使用温度85℃，溶剂为丙酮)，选择性保留芳香族化合物，能分离环烷和链烷、对位和邻位二甲苯，但不能分离对二甲苯和乙苯。有机合成。 1-Naphthylamine has been used in the synthesis of Pitnot-2, an inactive analog of clathrin inhibitor Pitstop 2. It can also be used as a starting material to synthesize: · [(S)-HY-Phos], a novel chiral phosphine-phosphoramidite ligand for use in rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of various functionalized olefins. · N-(naphthalen-1-yl)picolinamide.