tert-Butylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an amine

Amine

Amines are organic compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair. Amines are derivatives of ammonia, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a substituent such as an alkyl or aryl group. Important amines include amino acids, biogenic amines,...

) with the formula (CH₃)₃CNH₂, and occurs as a colorless liquid. tert-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane

Butane

Butane is a gas with the formula C4H10 that is an alkane with four carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of two structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, butane refers only to the unbranched n-butane isomer; the other one being called "methylpropane" or...

, the others being n-butylamine

N-Butylamine

n-Butylamine is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CH2CH2NH2. This colourless liquid is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being sec-butylamine, tert-butylamine and isobutylamine. At standard temperature and pressure, n-butylamine is a liquid having the fishy,...

, sec-butylamine

Sec-Butylamine

sec-Butylamine is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3CH2CHCH3, and occurs as a colorless liquid. sec-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, tert-butylamine and isobutylamine...

 and isobutylamine

Isobutylamine

Isobutylamine is an organic chemical compound with the formula 2CHCH2NH2, and occurs as a colorless liquid. Isobutylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane, the others being n-butylamine, sec-butylamine and tert-butylamine....

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Preparation

tert-Butylamine is commercially available. It may be prepared by the hydrogenolysis

Hydrogenolysis

Hydrogenolysis is a chemical reaction whereby a carbon–carbon or carbon–heteroatom single bond is cleaved or undergoes "lysis" by hydrogen. The heteroatom may vary, but it usually is oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur. A related reaction is hydrogenation, where hydrogen is added to the molecule, without...

 of 2,2-dimethylethylenimine, or via tert-butylphthalimide.

Uses

tert-Butylamine is used as an intermediate in the preparation of rubber accelerators, pesticide

Pesticide

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s, pharmaceuticals, dyes and other organic compound

Organic compound

An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...

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