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17104

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride

purum, ≥98.0% anhydrous basis (AT)

Synonym(s):

DTAC

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)11N(CH3)3Cl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
263.89
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-927-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3915951
MDL number:
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Product Name

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, purum, ≥98.0% anhydrous basis (AT)

InChI key

DDXLVDQZPFLQMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

InChI

1S/C15H34N.ClH/c1-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(2,3)4;/h5-15H2,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

SMILES string

[Cl-].CCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)C

description

cationic

grade

purum

assay

≥98.0% anhydrous basis (AT)

form

solid

mol wt

263.89 g/mol

mp

37 °C

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Application

  • Polyethylene terephthalate depolymerization: Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride was applied in the enzymatic depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate, illustrating its utility in enhancing the efficiency of plastic degradation processes (Kawai et al., 2022).

General description

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride is a quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) commonly used as a cationic surfactant. It is used in antimicrobial sanitizers due to its surface activity and germicidal efficiency.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves


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Pathogenicity of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride-resistant Salmonella enterica.
Kautz MJ
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79(7), 2371-2376 (2013)
Sorption of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC) to agricultural soils.
Xiang L Sun
The Science of the Total Environment, 560, 197-203 (2016)
Sriram Sokalingam et al.
PloS one, 7(7), e40410-e40410 (2012-07-14)
Two positively charged basic amino acids, arginine and lysine, are mostly exposed to protein surface, and play important roles in protein stability by forming electrostatic interactions. In particular, the guanidinium group of arginine allows interactions in three possible directions, which
Adhimoorthy Prasannan et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(2), 766-773 (2010-12-16)
A novel synthesis of "hairy urchin"-shaped polyaniline (PAni) and its surface coverage with nanospikes was achieved from a simple microemulsion polymerization technique in the presence of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). The rodlike micelle phase was characterized, and the key factors affecting the
A A Mikhailovskaya et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 115(33), 9971-9979 (2011-07-26)
The dynamic dilatational surface elasticity of mixed solutions of globular proteins (β-lactoglobulin (BLG) and bovine serum albumin (BSA)) with cationic (dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB)) and anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)) surfactants was measured as a function of the surfactant concentration and

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