2,4,6-Trimethylaniline
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2,4,6-Trimethylaniline is a compound with formula (CH3)3C6H2NH2. It is an aromatic amine
. 2,4,6-Trimethylaniline is used to synthesize 2nd generation Grubbs' catalyst
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Aromatic amine
An aromatic amine is an amine with an aromatic substituent - that is -NH2, -NH- or nitrogen group attached to an aromatic hydrocarbon, whose structure usually contains one or more benzene rings. Aniline is the simplest example....
. 2,4,6-Trimethylaniline is used to synthesize 2nd generation Grubbs' catalyst
Grubbs' catalyst
Grubbs' Catalyst is a transition metal carbene complex named after Robert H. Grubbs, the chemist who first synthesized it. There are two generations of the catalyst, as shown on the right. In contrast to other olefin metathesis catalysts, Grubbs' Catalysts tolerate other functional groups in the...
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