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E1649

Sigma-Aldrich

Ethylenediamine

meets USP testing specifications

Synonym(s):

1,2-Diaminoethane

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Linear Formula:
NH2CH2CH2NH2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
60.10
Beilstein:
605263
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

Agency

USP/NF
meets USP testing specifications

Quality Level

vapor density

2.07 (vs air)

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

98.6% (Gew)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

716 °F

expl. lim.

16 %

reaction suitability

reagent type: chelator

refractive index

n20/D 1.4565 (lit.)

bp

118 °C (lit.)

mp

8.5 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble at 

density

0.899 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

SMILES string

NCCN

InChI

1S/C2H8N2/c3-1-2-4/h1-4H2

InChI key

PIICEJLVQHRZGT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... FNTA(2339)

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Resp. Sens. 1B - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1B

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

100.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

38 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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J Zuidema
Pharmaceutisch weekblad. Scientific edition, 7(4), 134-140 (1985-08-23)
Ethylenediamine is an excipient with many industrial and pharmaceutical uses. It is included in creams as a stabilizer and in aminophylline as the counter ion of theophylline. Ethylenediamine is one of the most frequent contact sensitizers, producing local and generalized
Ana Carolina M S Dias et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 44, 216-221 (2013-02-23)
An immunosensor for the non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of the dengue virus based on carbon nanotube-screen printed electrodes (CNT-SPE) was successfully developed. A homogeneous mixture containing carboxylated carbon nanotubes was dispersed in carbon ink to prepare a screen printed working
Kavita Sablok et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 248-249, 322-328 (2013-02-19)
Binding of electron-deficient trinitrotoluene (TNT) to the electron rich amine groups on a substrate form specific charge-transfer Jackson-Meisenheimer (JM) complex. In the present work, we report formation of specific JM complex on amine functionalized reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanotubes- (a-rGO/CNT) nanocomposite
Ofra Benny et al.
Nature biotechnology, 26(7), 799-807 (2008-07-01)
Targeting angiogenesis, the formation of blood vessels, is an important modality for cancer therapy. TNP-470, a fumagillin analog, is among the most potent and broad-spectrum angiogenesis inhibitors. However, a major clinical limitation is its poor oral availability and short half-life
Maria V Babak et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 19(13), 4308-4318 (2013-01-24)
With the aim of systematically studying fundamental structure-activity relationships as a basis for the development of Ru(II) arene complexes (arene = p-cymene or biphenyl) bearing mono-, bi-, or tridentate am(m)ine ligands as anticancer agents, a series of ammine, ethylenediamine, and

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