CHEBI:17170 - dimethylamine

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ChEBI Name dimethylamine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:17170
Definition A secondary aliphatic amine where both N-substituents are methyl.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42136, CHEBI:4618, CHEBI:14170, CHEBI:23805
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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 270,000 tons were produced in 2005.
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Formula C2H7N
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 45.08372
Monoisotopic Mass 45.05785
InChI InChI=1S/C2H7N/c1-3-2/h3H,1-2H3
InChIKey ROSDSFDQCJNGOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES [H]N(C)C
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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Outgoing dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170) is a methylamines (CHEBI:25274)
dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170) is a secondary aliphatic amine (CHEBI:50981)
dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170) is conjugate base of dimethylaminium (CHEBI:58040)
Incoming N,N-dimethyltetradecanamide (CHEBI:146190) has functional parent dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170)
prostaglandin F2α dimethylamine (CHEBI:73741) has functional parent dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170)
dimethylaminium (CHEBI:58040) is conjugate acid of dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170)
dimethylamino group (CHEBI:231996) is substituent group from dimethylamine (CHEBI:17170)
IUPAC Name
N-methylmethanamine
Synonyms Sources
Dimethylamine KEGG COMPOUND
DIMETHYLAMINE PDBeChem
DMA
Note: (2015-03-23) Ambiguous - DMA is most commonly used to mean N,N-dimethylacetamide, but has also been used as an abbreviation for dimethyl adipate, dimethoxyamphetamine, and dimethylaniline.
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HNMe2 ChEBI
Me2NH ChEBI
N,N-Dimethylamine HMDB
N,N-dimethylamine NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00543 KEGG COMPOUND
Dimethylamine Wikipedia
DIMETHYLAMINE MetaCyc
DMN PDBeChem
HMDB0000087 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
124-40-3 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
124-40-3 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
124-40-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
605257 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
849 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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18 April 2024