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90781

Tributylamine

≥99.5% (GC), liquid, suitable for GC/GC, puriss. p.a.

Synonym(s):

Tri-n-butylamine

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Linear Formula:
[CH3(CH2)3]3N
CAS Number:
102-82-9
Molecular Weight:
185.35
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57653406
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
203-058-7
MDL number:
MFCD00009431
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1698872
assay:
≥99.5% (GC)
technique(s):
GC/GC: suitable
bp:
216 °C (lit.)
vapor pressure:
0.3 mmHg ( 20 °C)
2.4 mmHg ( 55 °C)

Product Name

Tributylamine, puriss. plus, ≥99.5% (GC)

InChI key

IMFACGCPASFAPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C12H27N/c1-4-7-10-13(11-8-5-2)12-9-6-3/h4-12H2,1-3H3

SMILES string

CCCCN(CCCC)CCCC

vapor density

6.38 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.3 mmHg ( 20 °C)
2.4 mmHg ( 55 °C)

grade

puriss. plus

assay

≥99.5% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

410 °F

expl. lim.

6 %

technique(s)

GC/GC: suitable

impurities

≤0.2% water

refractive index

n20/D 1.428 (lit.)
n20/D 1.429

bp

216 °C (lit.)

mp

−70 °C (lit.)

density

0.778 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

amine

Quality Level

200

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Application

Tributylamine (n-Bu3N) may be used in the following studies:
  • To compose the mobile phase for the liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis.
  • Preparation of PdCl,N and PdOAc,N (palladium nanoparticles).
  • As an additive during the synthesis of 3-bromothieno[3,2-c]pyridine-4-(5H)-one.

General description

Tributylamine is a tertiary amine. It has been reported to prevent the corrosion of mild steel in HCl solution.

pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 2 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

145.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

63 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Thermal Synthesis of 3-Bromothieno [3, 2-c] pyridin-4-(5H)-one: A Telescoped Procedure with Tributylamine.
Boros EE and Kaldor I.
Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 52(1), 302-305 (2015)
Palladium nanoparticles obtained from palladium salts and tributylamine in molten tetrabutylammonium bromide: their use for hydrogenolysis-free hydrogenation of olefins.
Le Bras J, et al.
New. J. Chem., 28(12), 1550-1553 (2004)
I E Flesch et al.
Infection and immunity, 56(6), 1464-1469 (1988-06-01)
Bone marrow-derived murine macrophages are able to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium bovis and of some strains of M. tuberculosis after stimulation with either recombinant gamma interferon (rIFN-gamma) or lymphokines from antigen-specific T-cell clones. To elucidate the mechanism(s) involved in
Christopher J Jones et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(4), 479-488 (2009-12-17)
Reverse-phase ion-pair high performance liquid chromatography (RPIP-HPLC) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography (RPIP-UPLC) are increasingly popular chromatographic techniques for the separation of organic compounds. However, the fine details of the RPIP separation mechanism are still being debated. Many factors including type
A Helenius et al.
The Journal of general virology, 58 Pt 1, 47-61 (1982-01-01)
The effect of five lysosomotropic weak bases (chloroquine, amantadine, tributylamine, methylamine and NH4C1) on Semliki Forest virus (SFV) infection has been studied in BHK-21 cells. When present at concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1, 0.5, 2, 15 and 15
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