dimethylamine
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- noun
- /ˌdaɪˈmɛθɪlˌəˌmiːn/
- Specialized
- In laboratories, dimethylamine is often used in the production of various chemicals.
Examples
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Indeed, it has been suggested that dimethylamine excretion could be used to assess renal function since dimethylamine, like creatinine, is excreted at a constant rate during fasting.
Academic text (1991) -
In man, betaine is excreted in urine from the neonatal period until about the age of 2 years, but is not excreted by adults, in whom dimethylamine is produced instead.
Academic text (1991) -
If dimethylamine hydrochloride happens to be present in the stomach, you could produce dimethylnitrosamine, well known to cause cancer.
Blog text (25) -
Dimethylamine.
Fiction book (1997) -
Indeed, it has been suggested that dimethylamine excretion could be used to assess renal function since dimethylamine, like creatinine, is excreted at a constant rate during fasting.
Academic text (1991) -
The Dutch turned them down, as ICI had, but they still bought two uncontrolled chemicals at that time: dimethylamine for making Tabun and isopropanol for Sarin.
Fiction book (1994) -
Researchers frequently utilize dimethylamine as a building block in organic synthesis reactions.
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In chemical manufacturing, dimethylamine is a key intermediate for creating pharmaceutical compounds.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dimethylamine breaks into three parts: di- 'two', methyl 'a small chemical piece made of carbon and hydrogen', and amine from 'ammonia', a simple nitrogen substance. So dimethylamine literally means an amine with two methyl parts, which fits its modern use as a small nitrogen-based gas and a building block for other chemicals.