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Preferred IUPAC name
1-Aminoethan-1-ol | |
Other names
1-Aminoethanol
Acetaldehyde ammonia | |
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3D model (
JSmol)
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ChemSpider | |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.790 |
EC Number |
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PubChem
CID
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UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
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Properties | |
C2H7NO | |
Molar mass | 61.084 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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1-Aminoethanol is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH(NH2)OH. It is classified as an alkanolamine. Specifically, it is a structural isomer of 2-aminoethanol (ethanolamine). These two compounds differ in the position of the amino group. Since the central carbon atom in 1-aminoethanol has four different substituents, the compound has two stereoisomers. Unlike 2-aminoethanol, which is of considerable importance in commerce, 1-aminoethanol is not encountered as a pure material and is mainly of theoretical interest.
1-Aminoethanol exists in a solution of acetaldehyde and aqueous ammonia. [1]
1-Aminoethanol is suggested as intermediate in Strecker reaction of alanine synthesis. [2]
1-Aminoethanol was first prepared in 1833 by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner; its empirical formula was first determined by the German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835. [3] The structure of 1-aminoethanol remained unproven until 1877, when the German-Italian chemist Robert Schiff showed that the structure was CH3CH(OH)NH2. [4]
Names | |
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Preferred IUPAC name
1-Aminoethan-1-ol | |
Other names
1-Aminoethanol
Acetaldehyde ammonia | |
Identifiers | |
3D model (
JSmol)
|
|
ChemSpider | |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.790 |
EC Number |
|
PubChem
CID
|
|
UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
|
|
| |
| |
Properties | |
C2H7NO | |
Molar mass | 61.084 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
|
1-Aminoethanol is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH(NH2)OH. It is classified as an alkanolamine. Specifically, it is a structural isomer of 2-aminoethanol (ethanolamine). These two compounds differ in the position of the amino group. Since the central carbon atom in 1-aminoethanol has four different substituents, the compound has two stereoisomers. Unlike 2-aminoethanol, which is of considerable importance in commerce, 1-aminoethanol is not encountered as a pure material and is mainly of theoretical interest.
1-Aminoethanol exists in a solution of acetaldehyde and aqueous ammonia. [1]
1-Aminoethanol is suggested as intermediate in Strecker reaction of alanine synthesis. [2]
1-Aminoethanol was first prepared in 1833 by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner; its empirical formula was first determined by the German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835. [3] The structure of 1-aminoethanol remained unproven until 1877, when the German-Italian chemist Robert Schiff showed that the structure was CH3CH(OH)NH2. [4]