Diethylamine is used as a corrosion inhibitor. It is also used in the production of rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals.
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Applications
Diethylamine is used as a corrosion inhibitor. It is also used in the production of rubber, resins, dyes and pharmaceuticals. It is also used to cook lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and is strictly watched by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Solubility
Miscible with water, alcohol, ether, chloroform and carbon terachloride.
Notes
Air sensitive. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Alkali metal diethylamides, generated with n-BuLi or NaH, have been used for the cleavage of ethers: J. Organomet. Chem., 55, 41 (1973); Synthesis, 638 (1980), and of alkyl aryl sulfides, for which HBr and HI are usually poor: Synthesis, 583 (1982).
- In combination with Lithium aluminum hydride, A18116, generates lithium tris(diethylamino)aluminum hydride, which is a useful selective reducing agent, for example: esters to aldehydes: J. Org. Chem., 52, 5486 (1987); amides to aldehydes: Tetrahedron Lett., 32, 6903 (1991).
- Wang, N. N.; Zhang, D. L.; Jiang, X. H. Detection of Xeljanz Enantiomers in Diethyl Amine Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Tablets. Chirality 2015, 27 (3), 235-238.
- Higashino, T.; Soya, T.; Kim, W.; Kim, D.; Osuka, A. A Mobius Aromatic [28]Hexaphyrin Bearing a Diethylamine Group: A Rigid but Smooth Conjugation Circuit. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (18), 5456-5459.