Sec-Butylamine

• 2- aminobutane
• Butan- 2-amine
• Sec -BA
• 1- Methylpropylamine

• Racemate: 13952-84-6
• (S )-sec -butylamine: 513-49-5
• (R )-sec -butylamine: 13250-12-9

Colorless, volatile, flammable liquid with an amine-like odor

Liquid

0.72 g · cm -3

-104 ° C

63 ° C.

180 hPa ( 20 ° C)

• Miscible with water
• Soluble in most organic solvents

From 1.387 to 1.393 (20 ° C)

Risk

2 ml · m-3 and 6.1 mg · m-3

152 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)

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Sec -butylamine is a chemical compound selected from the group of aliphatic amines. It is a primary amine, and isomeric with n-butylamine, tert-butylamine and isobutylamine. sec -butylamine is in the form of a colorless, volatile and highly flammable liquid.

History

Sec -butylamine is used after detailed studies of its effect in the 1960s as a fungicide ( Eckert and Kolbezen, 1962) for citrus fruits.

Properties

The vapor is 2.52 times heavier than air.

Stereoisomers forms

Sec -butylamine comes in two stereoisomeric forms [(R) - or (S )-sec -butylamine ] before.

When it is mentioned in this article or in the scientific literature " sec -butylamine " without an additional element to the configuration, the racemate [( RS )-sec -butylamine or (± )-sec -butylamine ] is always meant.

Use

Sec -butylamine is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of various organic compounds, and as a fungicide.

Safety

The vapors of sec- butylamine to form an explosive mixture with air. Its flash point is -20 ° C.