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methyl diethanolamine
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Methyldiethanolamine, also known as N-methyl diethanolamine and more commonly as MDEA, is the organic compound with the formula CH3N(C2H4OH)2. It is a colorless liquid with an ammonia odor. It is miscible with water, ethanol and benzene. A tertiary amine, it is widely used as a sweetening agent in chemical, oil refinery, syngas production and natural gas.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H13NO2
- Molecular weight
- 119.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-[2-hydroxyethyl(methyl)amino]ethanol
- SMILES
- CN(CCO)CCO
- InChIKey
- CRVGTESFCCXCTH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.1
- Polar surface area
- 43.7 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 119.095
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- chemical formula
- C₅H₁₃NO₂
- canonical SMILES
- CN(CCO)CCO
- melting point
- -21.0
- Commons category
- Methyl diethanolamine
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- MDEA blends
- Degradation
- Production
- See also
- References
Methyldiethanolamine, also known as N-methyl diethanolamine and more commonly as MDEA, is the organic compound with the formula CH3N(C2H4OH)2. It is a colorless liquid with an ammonia odor. It is miscible with water, ethanol and benzene. A tertiary amine, it is widely used as a sweetening agent in chemical, oil refinery, syngas production and natural gas.
Similar compounds are monoethanolamine (MEA), a primary amine, and diethanolamine (DEA), a secondary amine, both of which are also used for amine gas treating. MDEA's defining characteristic when compared to these other amines is its ability to preferentially remove H2S (and strip CO2) from sour gas streams.
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