Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene
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Preferred IUPAC name
N1,N1,N′1,N′1,N2,N2,N′2,N′2-Octamethylethene-1,1,2,2-tetramine | |||
Other names
Octamethyl-ethenetetramine
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100.012.398 | ||
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Properties | |||
C10H24N4 | |||
Molar mass | 200.330 g·mol−1 | ||
Appearance | colorless liquid | ||
Density | 0.861 g/cm3 (25 °C) | ||
Melting point | −4 °C (25 °F; 269 K) | ||
Boiling point | 59 °C (0.9 mm Hg) | ||
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Danger | |||
H226, H314 | |||
P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P370+P378, P403+P235, P405, P501 | |||
Flash point | 53 °C (127 °F; 326 K) | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) is an organic compound with the formula [C(NMe2)2]2 (where Me = CH3), classified as an enamine. It is a colorless liquid. Primary and secondary enamines tend to isomerize, but tertiary enamines are kinetically stable.[1] The unusual feature of TDAE is that it is a tetra-enamine. The pi-donating tendency of the amine groups strongly modifies the properties of the molecule, which does exhibit properties of a typical alkene.[2]
Reactions
TDAE reacts with oxygen in a chemiluminescent reaction to give tetramethylurea[3][4]
TDAE is an electron donor with E = 1.06 V vs Fc+/0.[5][6] It forms a charge transfer salt with buckminsterfullerene:[7]
- C2(N(CH3)2)4 + C60 → [C2(N(CH3)2)4+][C60−]
Oxidation affords a dication.
Structure
Crystallographic analysis show that TDAE is a highly distorted alkene, the dihedral angle for the two N2C termini is 28″. The C=C distance is alkene-like, 135 pm. The nearly isostructural tetraisopropylethylene also has a C=C distance of 135 pm, but its C6 core is planar. In contrast, [TDAE]2+ is an alkane with multi-C-N bonds.
References
- ISBN 978-0-471-93623-7.
- ISBN 9780470771082.
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- ^ "Chemilumineszenz von TDAE" (in German). illumina-chemie.de. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- PMID 24273111.
- PMID 12737575.
- S2CID 19561675.
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