Polyethylene amines

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Polyethylene amines (polyalkylene polyamines) are linear, short-chain polyethylene imines with a high proportion of primary amino groups with the general formula H 2 [NCH 2 −CH 2 −NH] n H ( n = 2 / diethylenetriamine ; n = 3 / triethylenetetramine ; n = 4 / tetraethylene pentamine ).

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  1. ↑ S: RÖMPP Lexikon Chemie, 10th Edition, 1996-1999 Volume 5: Pl - S . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-13-200051-5 , p. 161 ( limited preview in Google Book search).