N -methylcyclohexylamine

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Structural formula
Structural formula of N-methylcyclohexylamine
General
Surname N-methylcyclohexylamine
other names
  • N -methylcyclohexylamine
  • N -cyclohexylmethylamine
Molecular formula C 7 H 15 N
Brief description

yellowish odorless liquid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 100-60-7
EC number 202-869-3
ECHA InfoCard 100.002.609
PubChem 7514
Wikidata Q23775590
properties
Molar mass 113.20 g mol −1
Physical state

liquid

density

0.86 g cm −3

Melting point

−8 ° C

boiling point

148-150 ° C

Vapor pressure

5 hPa (20 ° C)

solubility
  • soluble in water (54 g l −1 at 20 ° C)
  • soluble in alcohol and ether
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
02 - Highly / extremely flammable 05 - Corrosive 07 - Warning

danger

H and P phrases H: 226-290-302-312-314-412
P: 210-233-273-501
Toxicological data

400 mg kg −1 ( LD 50ratoral )

As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

N -Methylcyclohexylamine is a chemical compound from the group of aliphatic amines .

Extraction and presentation

N -Methylcyclohexylamin, by methylation of cyclohexylamine are obtained. It can also be prepared by reacting Benzalcyclohexylamin with dimethyl sulphate with subsequent hydrolysis , by hydrogenation of N -Methylanilin of nickel - catalysts or reductive amination of cyclohexanone with methylamine are presented.

properties

N -Methylcyclohexylamine is a yellowish odorless liquid that is soluble in water.

use

N -methylcyclohexylamine is used as a solvent and in vulcanization accelerators. It serves as a precursor to the production of the mucolytic drug bromhexine . Other applications are in heterocycle synthesis and other organic syntheses.

safety instructions

The vapors of N -methylcyclohexylamine can form an explosive mixture with air ( flash point 35 ° C, ignition temperature 255 ° C).

Individual evidence

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  2. a b c Entry on N-methylcyclohexylamine. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on December 27, 2016.
  3. Augustin Adima, Catherine Bied, Joël J. E Moreau, Michel Wong Chi Man: Facile Cleavage of Si − C Bonds during the Sol-Gel Hydrolysis of Aminomethyltrialkoxysilanes− A New Method for the Methylation of Primary Amines. In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2004, 2004, p. 2582, doi : 10.1002 / ejoc.200400079 .
  4. H. Cassebaum: The production of N-methylcyclohexylamine and other secondary amines. In: Journal for Practical Chemistry. 35, 1967, p. 131, doi : 10.1002 / prac.19670350305 .