dimethylamine
Also known as Me2NH, HNMe2, N,N-dimethylamine, DMA, dimethylamine anhydrous, N-methylmethanamine, dimethylazane, methylmethanamine
Dimethylamine is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NH. This secondary amine is a colorless, flammable gas with an ammonia-like odor. Dimethylamine is commonly encountered commercially as a solution in water at concentrations up to around 40%. An estimated 271,000 tons were produced in 2005.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H7N
- Molecular weight
- 45.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-methylmethanamine
- SMILES
- CNC
- InChIKey
- ROSDSFDQCJNGOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.2
- Polar surface area
- 12 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Dimethylamine is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NH. This secondary amine is a colorless, flammable gas with an ammonia-like odor. Dimethylamine is commonly encountered commercially as a solution in water at concentrations up to around 40%. An estimated 271,000 tons were produced in 2005.
==Structure and synthesis== The molecule consists of a nitrogen atom with two methyl substituents and one hydrogen. Dimethylamine is a weak base and the pKa of the ammonium CH3--CH3 is 10.73, a value above methylamine (10.64) and trimethylamine (9.79).