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D27004

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N,N′-Diphenylethylenediamine

98%

Synonym(s):

1,2-Dianilinoethane, N,N′-Ethylenedianiline, Wanzlick’s Reagent for aldehydes

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Linear Formula:
C6H5NHCH2CH2NHC6H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
212.29
Beilstein:
646740
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

98%

form

powder

mp

65-67 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

C(CNc1ccccc1)Nc2ccccc2

InChI

1S/C14H16N2/c1-3-7-13(8-4-1)15-11-12-16-14-9-5-2-6-10-14/h1-10,15-16H,11-12H2

InChI key

NOUUUQMKVOUUNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

N,N′-Diphenylethylenediamine can be used:
  • To prepare nickel(II) chelates to study their chemical reactivities.
  • To prepare N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) adducts by reacting with substituted benzaldehydes.
  • As a starting material to prepare substituted cyclic poly(methyl methacrylate)s.

Other Notes

Remainder mainly 1,4-diphenylpiperazine

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Chemische Berichte, 86, 1463-1463 (1953)
P J Bednarski et al.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 22(3), 419-427 (1994-05-01)
The cisplatin analog [meso-1,2-bis(2,6-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl) ethylenediamine]dichloroplatinum(II) [PtCl2(1)], by virtue of its estrogenic 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine ligand 1, was intended to function as a cytotoxic estrogen. This article reports on the reversible and irreversible interactions of this compound with plasma and plasma proteins in
Synthesis of cyclic poly (methyl methacrylate) by the intramolecular cyclization of α-amino, ω-carboxyl heterodifunctional poly (methyl methacrylate)
Kubo M, et al.
Polymer Bull., 47(1), 25-30 (2001)
Yoshitane Imai et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (10)(10), 1070-1072 (2006-03-04)
By using (1R,2R)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine as a single enantiopure compound, we achieved a novel successive optical resolution of more than one kind of racemic compound through supramolecular crystallization.
Irina L Tourkova et al.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 97(9), 1072-1083 (2017-07-25)
To improve definition of the physical and hormonal support of bone formation, we studied differentiation of human osteoblasts in vitro at varying combinations of ACTH, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D

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