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Dimethylamine

A secondary amine, C2H7N, 45.085 g/mol. Boiling point 7.3 °C, melting point -93 °C, as published.

verified record, Organic — secondary amine, 9 measured properties

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₂H₇N
Molecular weight
45.085 g/mol
Exact mass
45.057849 g/mol
IUPAC name
N-methylmethanamine
SMILES
CNC
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H7N/c1-3-2/h3H,1-2H3
InChIKey
ROSDSFDQCJNGOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point
45.3 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
7.3 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point
-135 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-93 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
0.671 at 44.4 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
0.6804 g/cu cm at 0 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
24 % at 140 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
In water, 163 g/100g water at 40 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
1388.03 mmHg at 70 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
1520 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP
log Kow = -0.38measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
-0.38measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point
20 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
The Guide from the Emergency Response Guidebook is for anhydrous dimethylamine. 20 °Fmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Viscosity
1.7 mPa.s at 15.5 °C /40% Dimethylamine aqueous solution/measured · Gerhartz, W. (exec ed.). Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. 5th ed.Vol A1: Deerfield Beach, FL: VCH Publishers, 1985 to Present., p. VA16: 536 (1990)
1.7 mPa*s at 20 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Refractive Index
Index of refraction: 1.350 at 17 °C/Dmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 95th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2014-2015, p. 3-200

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight
45.08 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
45.057849228 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
-0.2calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
12 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
2calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
-0.1644calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
12.03 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
0calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
14.9837 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
1calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.3987calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
3
Total atoms, hydrogen included
10
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Secondary amine

    Nitrogen bonded to two carbons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Dimethylamine yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is N-methylmethanamine.

The sources also call it N-Methylmethanamine, N,N-Dimethylamine, Methanamine, N-methyl-, Dimethylamine (anhydrous), RCRA waste number U092, DTXSID5024057, Ai3-15638-X, ARQ8157E0Q, Dimethylamine, anhydrous, NSC-8650, DTXCID704057.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Dimethylamine has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Dimethylamine. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.