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Preferred IUPAC name
(2E)-3-(Dimethylamino)prop-2-enal | |
Other names
3-Dimethylaminopropenal
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3D model (JSmol)
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.011.962 |
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Properties | |
C5H9NO | |
Molar mass | 99.133 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | Clear, faintly yellow[1] to dark brown liquid[2] |
Density | 0.99 g·cm−3 at 25°C[1] |
Boiling point | *91 °C at 0.1 kPa[1] |
Soluble[3] | |
Solubility in methanol,[4] 1,2-dichloroethane[5] | Soluble |
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H314 | |
P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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3-Dimethylaminoacrolein is an organic compound with the formula Me2NC(H)=CHCHO. It is a pale yellow water-soluble liquid. The compound has a number of useful and unusual properties, e.g. it "causes a reversal of the hypnotic effect of morphine in mice" and has a "stimulating effect in humans".[3]
It is a stable chemical, unlike the parent compound 3-aminoacrolein ,[6] and can be used as a comparably nontoxic precursor for the genotoxic, mutagenic, and potentially carcinogenic malondialdehyde.[7] The compound can be thought of as vinylogous dimethylformamide (DMF) and combines the functionalities of an unsaturated aldehyde and an enamine. Therefore, 3-dimethylaminoacrolein and vinamidines derived there from (composed of vinylogous amidines) or vinamidinium salts (substituted 1,5-diazapentadienes)[8] can be used as reactive molecular building blocks for the formation of nitrogen-containing heterocycles, such as pyridines, pyrimidines, pyrroles or pyrazoles.[9]