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Triethylamine

≥99%

Synonym(s):

TEA, N,N-Diethylethanamine

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Linear Formula:
(C2H5)3N
CAS Number:
121-44-8
Molecular Weight:
101.19
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605283
EC Number:
204-469-4
MDL number:
MFCD00009051
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
24899917
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

51.75 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99%

autoignition temp.

593 °F

shelf life

3 yr

expl. lim.

8 %

impurities

≤0.5% water (Karl Fischer)

refractive index

n20/D 1.401 (lit.)

bp

88.8 °C (lit.)

mp

−115 °C (lit.)

density

0.726 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCN(CC)CC

InChI

1S/C6H15N/c1-4-7(5-2)6-3/h4-6H2,1-3H3

InChI key

ZMANZCXQSJIPKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Triethylamine has been used:
  • as a hydrogen donor for the polymerization of various monomers
  • to catalyze silanization
  • in the synthesis of the Cy3-Alexa647 heterodimer
  • in the synthesis of methacrylated solubilized decellularized cartilage

Biochem/physiol Actions

Triethylamine is known to drive polymerization reaction. It acts as a source of carbon and nitrogen for bacterial cultures. Triethylamine is used in pesticides. Triethylamine can serve as an organic solvent.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

12.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-11 °C - closed cup

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Synthesis and characterization of poly(vinylchloride) type macrophotoinitiator comprising side-chain thioxanthone via click chemistry
Akat H and Ozkan M
Express Polymer Letters, 5(4), 318?326-318?326 (2011)
Wide-field in vivo background free imaging by selective magnetic modulation of nanodiamond fluorescence.
Sarkar SK, et al.
Biomedical Optics Express, 5(4), 1190-1202 (2014)
The biodegradation pathway of triethylamine and its biodegradation by immobilized Arthrobacter protophormiae cells
Cai T, et al.
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 186(1), 59-66 (2011)
RESOLFT nanoscopy with photoswitchable organic fluorophores.
Kwon J, et al.
Scientific reports (2015)
States of Water Located in the Continuous Organic Phase of 1?Butyl?3?methylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate/Triton X-100/Triethylamine Reverse Microemulsions
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