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(R)-(+)-α-Methylbenzylamine

ChiPros®, produced by BASF, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

(R)-(+)-1-Phenylethylamine

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH(CH3)NH2
CAS Number:
3886-69-9
Molecular Weight:
121.18
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2410916
EC Number:
223-423-4
MDL number:
MFCD00064405
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
329764252
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

produced by BASF

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

0.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.0% (GC)
≥99.0%

form

liquid

optical purity

enantiomeric excess: ≥98.0%

refractive index

n20/D 1.526 (lit.)

bp

187-189 °C (lit.)

density

0.952 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

C[C@@H](N)c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C8H11N/c1-7(9)8-5-3-2-4-6-8/h2-7H,9H2,1H3/t7-/m1/s1

InChI key

RQEUFEKYXDPUSK-SSDOTTSWSA-N

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General description

(R)-(+)-α-Methylbenzylamine is a chiral amine.

Application

(R)-(+)-α-Methylbenzylamine may be used as a substrate to synthesize:
  • (S)-α-amino phosphonates
  • N-{(S)-[cyclohexan-(S)-2-ol]}-(R)-α-methylbenzyl amine and N-{(R)-[cyclohexan-(R)-2-ol]}-(R)-α-methylbenzyl amine
  • R-α-aminonitriles

Legal Information

ChiPros is a registered trademark of BASF SE

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

158.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

70 °C - closed cup

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BCBM5250V
BCBG4718V
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BCBC4052V

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New enantiomerically pure aminoalcohols from (R)-a-methylbenzylamine and cyclohexene oxide.
Barbaro P, et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 7(3), 843-850 (1996)
Lithium perchlorate/diethylether catalyzed aminophosphonation of aldehydes.
Heydari A, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 39(37), 6729-6732 (1998)
ChiPros Chiral Amines
Aldrich Chemfiles, 11(1) null
Alejandra León et al.
Journal of natural products, 75(5), 859-864 (2012-05-12)
The enantiomeric lactams (-)-8, (+)-8, (+)-9, and (-)-9 were formed by the reaction of the dimeric phthalide rac-tokinolide B (rac-3) with (R)-(+)-α-methylbenzylamine and (S)-(-)-α-methylbenzylamine. The absolute configurations of compounds 8 and 9 were assigned by experimental and theoretically calculated electronic
Paul E Harrington et al.
Current medicinal chemistry, 14(28), 3027-3034 (2008-01-29)
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