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isobutylamine
Sign in to saveAlso known as IBA, 2-Methyl-1-Aminopropane, iso-C4H9NH2, 2-Methylpropylamine, I-Butylamine, iso-Butylamine, Valamine, 1-Amino-2-methylpropane
Isobutylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula (CH3)2CHCH2NH2, and occurs as a colorless liquid. Isobutylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, sec-butylamine and tert-butylamine. It is the decarboxylated form of the amino acid valine, and the product of the metabolism thereof by the enzyme valine decarboxylase.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H11N
- Molecular weight
- 73.14 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methylpropan-1-amine
- SMILES
- CC(C)CN
- InChIKey
- KDSNLYIMUZNERS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 26 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 73.089
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- found in taxon
- Cannabis sativa
- Commons category
- Isobutylamine
- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₁N
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)CN
- melting point
- -86.7
- boiling point
- 67.75
- ionization energy
- 8.70
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Isobutylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula (CH3)2CHCH2NH2, and occurs as a colorless liquid. Isobutylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, sec-butylamine and tert-butylamine. It is the decarboxylated form of the amino acid valine, and the product of the metabolism thereof by the enzyme valine decarboxylase.
==Production== Isobutylamine can be obtained by reaction of isobutanol with ammonia in presence of a catalyst: (CH3)2CHCH2OH + NH3 -> (CH3)2CHCH2NH2 + H2O
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