General Description
A water-white liquid with an amine-like odor. Flash point 85°F. Boiling point 132°F. Less dense than water and poorly soluble in swater. Hence floats on water. May be toxic by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption.
Reactivity Profile
HEXYLAMINE neutralize acids in exothermic reactions to form salts plus water. May be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen may be generated in combination with strong reducing agents, such as hydrides.
Air & Water Reactions
Highly flammable. Slightly soluble in water.
Health Hazard
Inhalation or contact with material may irritate or burn skin and eyes. Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may cause dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution water may cause pollution.
Chemical Properties
Colorless to yellow liquid; fishy aroma.
Chemical Properties
colourless liquid
Chemical Properties
n-Hexylamine is a colorless, flammable liquid, slightly soluble in water
and soluble in alcohol and ether.
Definition
ChEBI: A 6-carbon primary aliphatic amine.
Aroma threshold values
High strength odor; fishy type, recommend smelling in a 0.10% solution or less
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 55, p. 2271, 1990
DOI: 10.1021/jo00295a002Synthesis, p. 605, 1981
Flammability and Explosibility
Flammable
Purification Methods
Dry with, and fractionally distil the hexylamine from, KOH or CaH2. Store away from CO2. [Beilstein 4 IV 709.]
