Formula C4H11N Appearance Colorless liquid | Molar mass 73.14 g/mol Pubchem 6385 | |
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Global and china tert butylamine market is expected to reach usd 295 92 million in 2020
tert-Butylamine is an organic chemical compound with the formula (CH3)3CNH2. It is a colorless liquid with a typical amine-like odor. tert-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, sec-butylamine and isobutylamine.
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- Global and china tert butylamine market is expected to reach usd 295 92 million in 2020
- Preparation
- Uses
- References
Preparation
tert-Butylamine is produced commercially by the Ritter reaction of isobutene with hydrogen cyanide under acidic conditions to give the formamide:
(CH3)2C=CH2 + HCN + H2O → (CH3)3CNHCHO (CH3)3CNHCHO + H2O → (CH3)3CNH2 + HCO2HIn the laboratory, it can be prepared by the hydrogenolysis of 2,2-dimethylethylenimine, or via tert-butylphthalimide.
Uses
tert-Butylamine is used as an intermediate in the preparation of the sulfenamides such as N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenamide and N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenimide. As rubber accelerators, these compounds modify the rate of vulcanization or rubber. A variety of pesticides are derived from this amine, including terbacil, terbutryn, and terbumeton.
In pharmacology under the name erbumine, tert-butylamine has been used as a counterion in drug substances such as perindopril erbumine.
