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cyclopropylamine
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Cyclopropylamine is the organic compound with the formula . It is a simple amine derivative of cyclopropane. As a precursor to pesticides and pharmaceuticals, it is produced on a multi-ton scale from the carboxamide. Cycloproylamine is first member of the aminocycloalkanes, which includes cyclobutylamine, cyclopentylamine, and cyclohexylamine.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H7N
- Molecular weight
- 57.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cyclopropanamine
- SMILES
- C1CC1N
- InChIKey
- HTJDQJBWANPRPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.1
- Polar surface area
- 26 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 57.058
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₇N
- canonical SMILES
- C1CC1N
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- Cyclopropylamine
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Cyclopropylamines
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Cyclopropylamine is the organic compound with the formula . It is a simple amine derivative of cyclopropane. As a precursor to pesticides and pharmaceuticals, it is produced on a multi-ton scale from the carboxamide. Cycloproylamine is first member of the aminocycloalkanes, which includes cyclobutylamine, cyclopentylamine, and cyclohexylamine.
==Cyclopropylamines== Many aminocyclopropanes are known, most prominently the amino acid aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
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