1,2-Dimethylhydrazine

• SDMH
• Symmetrical dimethylhydrazine

Colorless liquid with a pungent ammoniacal odor

Liquid

0.83 g · cm -3

-9 ° C.

81 ° C ( 1,004 hPa)

Miscible with water

1.4209 (20 ° C)

Risk

52.7 kJ / mol

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1,2- dimethylhydrazine is a liquid organic chemical compound selected from the group of the hydrazine derivatives. It is an isomer of 1,1- dimethylhydrazine.

Properties

1,2- dimethylhydrazine is a flammable liquid whose vapors are heavier than air and may form explosive mixtures with this. It is highly volatile and completely miscible with water.

Use

1,2- dimethylhydrazine is no longer manufactured in Germany. In animal experiments in the field of oncology 1,2- dimethylhydrazine is used to induce colon cancer.

Environmental and toxicity

The liquid is very hazardous, it is toxic to aquatic organisms. In animal experiments it has been classified as a carcinogen and is a feeding, breathing and contact poison. In the liver, 1,2- dimethylhydrazine is degraded to the highly carcinogenic azoxymethane. 1,2- dimethylhydrazine is therefore the Prokarzinogen for azoxymethane.