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n-butylamine
Sign in to saveAlso known as 1-Aminobutane, Norralamine, 1-Butanamine, 9CI, monobutylamine, 1-butylamine, butanamine, Butylamine, 1-aminobutane
'''n-Butylamine' is an organic compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula CH3(CH2)3NH2. This colourless liquid is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being sec-butylamine, tert''-butylamine, and isobutylamine. It is a liquid having the fishy, ammonia-like odor common to amines. The liquid acquires a yellow color upon storage in air. It is soluble in all organic solvents. Its vapours are heavier than air and it produces toxic oxides of nitrogen during combustion.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H11N
- Molecular weight
- 73.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- butan-1-amine
- SMILES
- CCCCN
- InChIKey
- HQABUPZFAYXKJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1
- Polar surface area
- 26 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 73.089
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- Commons category
- N-Butylamine
- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₁N
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCN
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0079
- density
- 0.74
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 897
- melting point
- -49.10
- boiling point
- 77.00
- vapor pressure
- 82
- flash point
- 10
- lower flammable limit
- 1.7
- upper flammable limit
- 9.8
- ionization energy
- 8.71
- ceiling exposure limit
- 15
- pKa
- 10.59
- found in taxon
- Cannabis sativa
- electric dipole moment
- 1.0
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'''n-Butylamine' is an organic compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula CH3(CH2)3NH2. This colourless liquid is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being sec-butylamine, tert-butylamine, and isobutylamine. It is a liquid having the fishy, ammonia-like odor common to amines. The liquid acquires a yellow color upon storage in air. It is soluble in all organic solvents. Its vapours are heavier than air and it produces toxic oxides of nitrogen during combustion.
==Synthesis and reactions== It is produced by the reaction of ammonia and alcohols over alumina: CH3(CH2)3OH + NH3 -> CH3(CH2)3NH2 + H2O
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