1,1-Dimethylethylenediamine

1,1-Dimethylethylenediamine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
N,N-Dimethylethane-1,2-diamine
Other names
N,N-Dimethyl-1,2-ethanediamine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C4H12N2/c1-6(2)4-3-5/h3-5H2,1-2H3
    Key: DILRJUIACXKSQE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • CN(C)CCN
Properties
C4H12N2
Molar mass 88.154 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless liquid
Boiling point 107 °C (225 °F; 380 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

1,1-Dimethylethylenediamine is the organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NCH2CH2NH2. It is a colorless liquid with a fishy odor, featuring one primary amine and a tertiary amine. It is used to prepare chelating diamine-containing ligands for the synthesis of metal catalysts.[1][2] Additionally, it is a precursor to the drug chloropyramine.

  1. ^ Chen, Hsuan-Ying; Tang, Hui-Yi; Lin, Chu-Chieh "Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides Initiated by Zinc Alkoxides Derived from NNO-Tridentate Ligands" Macromolecules 2006, volume 39, pp. 3745-3752. doi:10.1021/ma060471r
  2. ^ Tshuva, Edit Y.; Goldberg, Israel; Kol, Moshe; Goldschmidt, Zeev "Zirconium Complexes of Amine-Bis(phenolate) Ligands as Catalysts for 1-Hexene Polymerization: Peripheral Structural Parameters Strongly Affect Reactivity" Organometallics 2001, volume 20, pp. 3017-3028. doi:10.1021/om0101285