MONOMETHYLAMINE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO.

74-89-5

MONOMETHYLAMINE

EINECS NO. 200-820-0
FORMULA CH3NH2
MOL WT. 31.06
H.S. CODE 2921.11

TOXICITY

 Oral rat LD50: 100 mg/kg
SYNONYMS Methanamine; Methylamine; Aminoethane;
Carbinamine; Mercurialin; Methylaminen (Dutch); Metilamine (Italian); MMA; Metyloamina (Polish);

SMILES

 alkylation of anhydrous ammonia with methanol

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES (ANHYDROUS)
PHYSICAL STATE colourless compressed liquefied gas
MELTING POINT -93
BOILING POINT -6.5 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 0.656
SOLUBILITY IN WATER Miscible
pH base than ammonia
VAPOR DENSITY 1.07

AUTOIGNITION

430 C

NFPA RATINGS

 Health: 3 ; Flammability: 4 ; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 1.351
FLASH POINT flammable gas
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

APPLICATIONS
Monomethylamine is usd as an intermediate for the production of N-methylpyrrolidone, alkyl alkanolamines and monomethyl hydrazine (ingredients of rocket fuel ). It is used to make other organic chemicals including rubber chemicals, pesticides (dimethoate, carbaryl, carbofuron, sodium methyldithiocarbamate, monomethylacetoacetamide), surfactants, photographic chemicals,  corrosion ibhubitors, explosives, dyes and phrmaceuticals (adrenaline, ephedrine and pethidine). It is a raw material of dimethyl urea used in manufacturng theophylline, caffine and n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone used as a solvent.
SALES SPECIFICATION

AHNYDROUS

APPEARANCE

clear liquid

MMA

99.5% min

COLOR, APHA

15 max

MOISTURE

0.2% max

AMMONIA

0.05% max

OTHER AMINES

0.5% max

40% AQ. SOLUTION

MMA

40.0% min

COLOR, APHA

15 max

WATER

Balance

AMMONIA

0.05% max

OTHER AMINES

0.5% max

TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 170kgs in drum (Solution)
HAZARD CLASS 3 (Packing Group:II)
UN NO. 1061 (Anhydrous), 1235 (Solution)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AMINE
Amine is a group of basic organic compounds derived from ammonia (NH3) by replacement of one (primary amines), two (secondary amines), or three (tertiary amines) hydrogen atoms by alkyl, aryl groups or organic radicals. Amines, like ammonia, are weak bases because the unshared electron pair of the nitrogen atom can form a coordinate bond with a proton. Amines react with acids to give salts and with acid anhydrides (or ester ) to form amides. They react with halogenoalkanes to form longer chains. Low molecular amine names are formed by adding '-amine' as a suffix to the name of the parent compound. In substitutive nomenclature, the prefix 'amino-' is placed before the name of the parent compound to denote the functional group in high molecular amines. Synthetic amines are made mostly by reaction of alcohols with ammonia, catalyzed by metals( nickel or copper) or metal oxide at high temperature. Many methods have been devised for the synthesis of the amines; reacting ammonia with an alkyl halide and neutralizing the resulting alkyl ammonium salt with an alkali, e.g., sodium hydroxide. This procedure yields a mixture of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines that is easily separated into its three components by fractional distillation; boiling methyl isocyanate with caustic potash, heating the alkyl iodides with ammonia; reduction of nitriles with alcohol and sodium; heating the esters of nitric acid with alcoholic ammonia; reducing on nitro-paraffms;  action of zinc and hydrochloric acid on aldehyde ammonias; reduction of the phenylhydrazones and oximes of aldehydes and ketones with sodium amalgam in the presence of alcohol and sodium acetate; action of dilute hydrochloric acid on the isonitriles; heating the mustard oils with a mineral acid, by the hydrolysis of the alkyl phthalimides. Primary amines contain the functional group -NH2 (called amino group) and are converted into secondary and tertiary amines if heated with alkyl or aryl iodides. Primary amines form various oxidation products violently with concentrated nitric acid. If the amines are acetylated, they form nitro derivatives with concentrated nitric acid. Primary amines form diazonium salts with nitrous acid in cold solution in the presence of excess of mineral acid. Or a diazoamine is obtained in absence of excess of acid. Other reactions are condensation products with aldehydes; forming anilides; forming alkyl thioureas; yielding  isonitriles with alcoholic potash and chloroform. Tertiary amines combine with one molecular proportion of an alkyl iodide to form quaternary ammonium salts in which a central nitrogen atom is joined to four organic radicals and one acid radical. Quaternary ammonium salts are used as corrosion inhibitor, emulsifying and antiseptic agents. Aliphatic amines which have the lowest carbon content are water-soluble gases or liquids of low boiling point also readily soluble in water in case of the next low carbon content. But aliphatic amines which have the high carbon content are odourless solids of high boiling point and are insoluble in water. They are all bases and easily form salts with the mineral acids and solid salts with the halogenoalkanes. Amine Salts are crystalline substances that are readily soluble in water. Many insoluble alkaloids (e.g. quinine and atropine) are used medicinally in the form of soluble salts. If alkali (sodium hydroxide) is added to solutions of such salts the free amine is liberated. Short chain alkyl amines are used as raw materials of solvent, alkyl alkanolamines, and ingredients of rocket fuels. They are used to make other organic chemicals including rubber vulacanization accelerators, pesticides, quaternary ammonium compounds, photographic chemicals,  corrosion inhibitors, explosives, dyes and pharmaceuticals. They are used in rayon and nylon industry to improve the tensile strength. Allylamines are used as intermediates for ion exchange resins, pharmaceuticals, water soluble polymers, herbicide softeners, rubber chemicals, polymerization initiators and cross-linking agents. Amines are used as reducing agents for the recovery of precious metals. They are versatile intermediates. They have active applications in organic synthesis for polymerization catalyst, chain extender in urethane coatings, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, photographic, heat stabilizers, polymerization catalysts, flame-retardants, blowing agents for plastics, explosives, and colorants. Long chain alkyl amines are used for the synthesis of organic chemicals and surfactants used as a corrosion inhibitor, detergent, ore floating agent, fabric softener, anti-static agent, germicide, insecticide, emulsifier, dispersant, anti-caking agent, lubricant and water treatment agent. Alkyl tertiary Amines are used as fuel additives and preservatives. They have similar applications with long chain alkyl amines. Hexamethylenediamine used in the manufacture of nylon-6,6 is prepared by catalytic addition of hydrogen to nitriles. Aromatic amines also exist, such as phenylamine, which are important for the production of diazonium salts. They dissociate in water (some very weakly). Aromatic amines are much weaker bases than the aliphatics. One of the most important aromatic amines is aniline; pale brown liquid boiling at 184 C, melting at -6 C. Aniline is obtained commercially from chlorobenzene by heating  with ammonia in the presence of copper catalyst or from a product of coal tar (nitrobenzene) through the reduction reaction. Aniline is the starting material in the dye manufacturing industry and as in the manufacture of others. Aniline is converted into sulfanilic acid which is the parent compound of the sulfa drugs. Aniline is also important in the manufacture of rubber-processing chemicals, antioxidants and varnishes. Amines take part in many kinds of chemical reactions and offer many applications include in agrochemicals, dyestuffs (the best known being aniline), pharmaceuticals, and corrosion inhibitors.