Title: N,N-Dimethylaniline
CAS Registry Number: 121-69-7
CAS Name: N,N-Dimethylbenzenamine
Additional Names: dimethylphenylamine
Molecular Formula: C8H11N
Molecular Weight: 121.18
Percent Composition: C 79.29%, H 9.15%, N 11.56%
Literature References: Made by heating aniline, methyl alcohol, and H2SO4 under pressure, the sulfate formed being converted by NaOH to the free base. Toxicity data: H. F. Smyth et al., Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 23, 95 (1962).
Properties: Oily liq. Poisonous! d420 0.956. bp 192-194°. mp 2°. Flash pt 61°C. nD20 1.5582. Insol in water. Freely sol in alcohol, chloroform, ether. LD50 orally in rats: 1.41 ml/kg (Smyth).
Melting point: mp 2°
Boiling point: bp 192-194°
Flash point: Flash pt 61°C
Index of refraction: nD20 1.5582
Density: d420 0.956
Toxicity data: LD50 orally in rats: 1.41 ml/kg (Smyth)
CAUTION: Potential symptoms of overexposure are anoxia, cyanosis, weakness, dizziness and ataxia; methemoglobinemia. See NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (DHHS/NIOSH 97-140, 1997) p 112.
Use: Solvent; manuf vanillin, Michler's ketone, methyl violet and other dyes. As reagent for methanol, methyl furfural, H2O2, nitrate, alcohol, formaldehyde. |