Tetraacetylethylenediamine Property

Melting point:

149-154 °C

Boiling point:

140 °C (1.5002 mmHg)

Density 

0.9

refractive index 

1.4550 (estimate)

Flash point:

140 °C

pka

-1.23±0.70(Predicted)

form 

Granular Powder

color 

Off-white to beige

Water Solubility 

slightly soluble

Merck 

14,9028

BRN 

1795711

InChIKey

BGRWYDHXPHLNKA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

CAS DataBase Reference

10543-57-4(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

N,n,n',n'-tetraacetylethylenediamine(10543-57-4)

EPA Substance Registry System

Tetraacetylethylenediamine (10543-57-4)

Safety

Safety Statements 

22-24/25

WGK Germany 

1

TSCA 

Yes

HS Code 

29241900

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H315Causes skin irritation

H319Causes serious eye irritation

Precautionary statements

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

P302+P352IF ON SKIN: wash with plenty of soap and water.

P305+P351+P338IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continuerinsing.

P332+P313IF SKIN irritation occurs: Get medical advice/attention.

P337+P313IF eye irritation persists: Get medical advice/attention.

Tetraacetylethylenediamine Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Tetraacetylethylenediamine is off-white to beige granular powder

Uses

Tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) is a bleaching activator which is mainly used in detergents and additives for laundry washing and dishwashing. Typical concentrations of TAED range between 1.4% and 13% in these products. A small amount of the produced TAED is also used in bleaching of paper, textiles and for the generation of Peracetic acid.
Peroxide bleach activator for household detergents, paper pulp.

Uses

N,N,N',N'-Tetraacetylethylenediamine is used as a peroxide bleach activator in household detergents and for paper pulp. It also serves as an important component of laundry detergents and bleaches, where it is used as an activator for active oxygen bleaching agents such as sodium perborate, sodium percarbonate, sodium perphosphate and sodium persulfate. It reacts with the perhydroxyl anion HO2- in the presence of aqueous alkaline solution to prepare triacetylethylenediamine and diacetylethylenediamine with the release of peracetic acid, which is a fast acting bleaching agent.

Definition

ChEBI: Tetraacetylethylenediamine is a dicarboximide.

Preparation

Tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) is produced in a two stage process from ethylenediamine (ED) and acetic anhydride (Ac2O). ED is first diacetylated to DAED. In the second step DAED is subsequently converted with Ac2O via TriAED into TAED (Clariant, 1999). TAED is crystallized out of the reaction mixture, filtered, washed and dried, and if necessary also granulated. The raw materials used occur almost quantitatively in the product. Byproducts are not formed.
TAED was prepared by acetylation of diacetylethylenediamine (DAED) with acetic anhydride in a 5 L reactor coupled with a packed distillation column, 2.5 cm in inside diameter and 1 m in length. The reaction temperature was set at 135 °C and the reflux ratio at 6. The molar ratio of acetic anhydride to DAED was varied from 3 to 5. A TAED yield as high as 80% was obtained, higher by 15% than in the absence of distillation.

Health Hazard

TAED is of very low toxicity by all exposure routes examined. Up to 2 g/kg BW there is no acute toxicity. TAED is practically non-irritating to skin and eyes and there is no evidence of a sensitizing potential by skin contact. The only effect after repeated oral and dermal dosing was reversible centrilobular hypertrophy in the liver at high doses due to the induction of metabolizing enzymes. In a 90-day whole body inhalation study no adverse effects in the rat lung, respiratory tract or nasal mucosa were observed. Biokinetic data showed that TAED is rapidly absorbed from the rat intestine and largely metabolized via diacetylation to TriAED and DAED which are excreted in the urine.