Sec-Butylamine

<i>sec</i>-Butylamine

sec-Butylamine

Chemical compound


sec-Butylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula CH3CH2CH(NH2)CH3. It is a colorless liquid. sec-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, tert-butylamine, and isobutylamine. sec-Butylamine is chiral and therefore can exist in either of two enantiomeric forms.

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sec-Butylamine is used in the production of some pesticides.[2]

Bromacil, a commercial herbicide, is produced from sec-butylamine.[3]

Safety

The LD50 (rat) for primary alkylamines is 100 – 1 mg/kg.[2]


References

  1. "ICSC 0401 - sec-BUTYLAMINE".
  2. Eller, Karsten; Henkes, Erhard; Rossbacher, Roland; Höke, Hartmut (2005). "Amines, Aliphatic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a02_001. ISBN 978-3527306732.
  3. United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Bromacil". 1996, pp. 1–11. Accessed 9 October 2012

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