tert-Butylamine
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| tert-butylamine | |
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| IUPAC name | tert-butylamine |
| Other names | 2-amino-2-methylpropane trimethylaminomethane dimethylethylamin 1-aminobutane 1,1-Dimethylethylamine 2-Aminoisobutane 2-Methyl-2-aminopropane 2-Methyl-2-propylamine 2-Methyl-2-propanamine t-Butylamine |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | [75-64-9] |
| UN number | UN 2733 |
| RTECS number | EO3330000 |
| SMILES | NC(C)(C)C |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C4H11N |
| Molar mass | 73.14 g/mol |
| Appearance | colorless liquid |
| Melting point |
-67 °C |
| Boiling point |
44 — 46 °C |
| Solubility in water | miscible |
| Hazards | |
| MSDS | MSDS for tert-butylamine[1] |
| Main hazards | Highly toxic; highly flammable; corrosive |
| NFPA 704 |
 4
3
0
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| R-phrases | R11 R25 R34 R20 |
| S-phrases | S16 S26 S28A S29 S45 S36 S37 |
| Flash point | -38 °C |
| Related compounds | |
| Related compounds | n-butylamine sec-butylamine isobutylamine butane tert-butanol |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references |
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tert-Butylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula (CH3)3CNH2, and occurs as a colorless liquid. tert-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, sec-butylamine and isobutylamine.
[edit] Uses
tert-Butylamine is used as an intermediate in the preparation of rubber accelerators, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, dyes and other organic compounds.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "tert-BUTYLAMINE (MSDS)." MSDS number B6380 (effective date 11/17/99). Mallinckrodt Chemicals (Strategic Services Division). Phillipsburg, NJ (USA); 29 August 2001 (republished on the website of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; accessed 16 April 2007).
- ^ "TERT-BUTYLAMINE." Website of Chemicalland21.com (accessed 16 April 2007).
