1-AMINOHEPTANE

Chemical Properties

1-Aminoheptane is a flammable liquid.

Chemical Properties

CLEAR COLORLESS TO SLIGHTLY YELLOW LIQUID

Uses

1-Aminoheptane can be used to prepare implantable devices having antibacterial properties and multifunctional surfaces.

Uses

1-Heptylamine has been used as an internal standard in the determination of biogenic monoamines and biogenic diamines by the fluorescence-HPLC method. It has also been used to study the effect of hydration on the gaseous structure of protonated heptylamine by infrared photo dissociation (IRPD) spectroscopy and computational chemistry.

Uses

Heptylamine is used in organic syntheses.

Definition

ChEBI: Heptylamine is an alkylamine.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 14, p. 3839, 1973 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)87051-9
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 37, p. 335, 1972 DOI: 10.1021/jo00967a042

Hazard

Combustible.

Purification Methods

Dry it in over KOH pellets for 24hours, then decant it and fractionally distil it. Store away from CO2. [Beilstein 4 IV 734.]