1,5-Dimethylhexylamine

clear colorless to light yellow liquid with fishy smell.

2-Amino-6-methylheptane can be used as:

• A building block for the synthesis of n-type photoconductor, N,N′-bis(1,5-dimethylhexyl)-3,4:9,10-perylenebis (dicarbox-imide) (PDHEP).
• A reagent in the synthesis of substituted pyrrolidones by reductive amination of levulinic acid using supported platinum catalyst.
• A nucleophilic amine in the synthesis of unsymmetrical sulfamide by reacting with sulfamic acid salts and triphenylphosphine ditriflate.

1,5-Dimethylhexylamine is an aliphatic secondary amine which shows leucine aminotransferase inhibition. 1,5-Dimethylhexylamine is used in the preparation of glycosyl β-amino acids with antitubercular activity.

1,5-Dimethylhexylamine can be used as a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor, and it is mainly used as an intermediate in the production of gastrointestinal antispasmodic drug octamylamine.

1,5-Dimethylhexylamine was synthesized from 6-methyl-2-heptanone ([928-68-7]) by amination and catalytic hydrogenation.

ChEBI: Octodrine is an alkylamine.