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diethylamine
Sign in to saveAlso known as Diethamine, N,N-Diethylamine, N-Ethylethanamine, Et2NH, DEA, (C2H5)2NH
Diethylamine is an organic compound with the formula . It is classified as a secondary amine. It is a flammable, volatile weakly alkaline liquid that is miscible with most solvents. It is a colorless liquid, but commercial samples often appear brown due to impurities. It has a strong ammonia-like odor.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H11N
- Molecular weight
- 73.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-ethylethanamine
- SMILES
- CCNCC
- InChIKey
- HPNMFZURTQLUMO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.6
- Polar surface area
- 12 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Diethylamine is an organic compound with the formula . It is classified as a secondary amine. It is a flammable, volatile weakly alkaline liquid that is miscible with most solvents. It is a colorless liquid, but commercial samples often appear brown due to impurities. It has a strong ammonia-like odor.
==Production and uses== The alumina-catalyzed reaction makes diethylamine from ethanol and ammonia. Diethylamine is obtained together with ethylamine and triethylamine. Annual production of the three ethylamines was estimated in 2000 to be 80,000,000 kg.
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