N,N-Dimethylphenethylamine Chemical Properties

Melting point:

143°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

207-212 °C (lit.)

Density 

0.89 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.502(lit.)

Flash point:

160 °F

storage temp. 

Hygroscopic, Refrigerator, under inert atmosphere

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly)

form 

Oil

pka

9.75±0.28(Predicted)

color 

Colourless

JECFA Number

1613

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

WGK Germany 

3

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N,N-Dimethylphenethylamine Usage And Synthesis

Uses

N,N-Dimethyl-2-phenylethanamine is used in the study of photolytic decomposition products of UV-photoinitiators in food packaging. N,N-Dimethyl-2-phenylethanamine is also a useful reagent in organic synthesis.

Definition

ChEBI: N,N-Dimethylphenethylamine is a primary amine.

Preparation

N,N-Dimethyl-2-phenylethylamine is synthesized by the reaction of phenethylamine with formaldehyde and formic acid.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 3, p. 723, 1955
Tetrahedron Letters, 21, p. 4061, 1980 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(80)88066-X

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