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ethylenediamine
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Ethylenediamine (abbreviated as en when a ligand) is the organic compound with the formula C2H4(NH2)2. This colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor is a basic amine. It is a widely used building block in chemical synthesis, with approximately 500,000 tonnes produced in 1998. Ethylenediamine is the first member of the so-called polyethylene amines.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H8N2
- Molecular weight
- 60.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethane-1,2-diamine
- SMILES
- C(CN)N
- InChIKey
- PIICEJLVQHRZGT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -2
- Polar surface area
- 52 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 3
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- metastatic prostate cancer, drug-induced liver injury
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Wikidata facts
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- melting point
- 8.3
- boiling point
- 117
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0269
- chemical formula
- C₂H₈N₂
- density
- 0.91
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 2460
- vapor pressure
- 11
- flash point
- 93
- upper flammable limit
- 12
- ionization energy
- 8.6
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 25
- pKa
- 9.98
- canonical SMILES
- C(CN)N
- Commons category
- Ethylenediamine
- refractive index
- 1.4565
- MCN code
- 2921.21.00
- lower flammable limit
- 2.5
- electric dipole moment
- 1.99
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- Applications
- Precursor to chelation agents, drugs, and agrochemicals
- Pharmaceutical ingredient
- Role in polymers
- Tetraacetylethylenediamine
- Other applications
- Coordination chemistry
- Related ligands
- Safety
- References
- External links
Ethylenediamine (abbreviated as en when a ligand) is the organic compound with the formula C2H4(NH2)2. This colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor is a basic amine. It is a widely used building block in chemical synthesis, with approximately 500,000 tonnes produced in 1998. Ethylenediamine is the first member of the so-called polyethylene amines.
==Synthesis==
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