CN / EN
8DMA
Brief information

Octyl dimethyl amine

CAS NO.: 7378-99-6

Synonyms: DMA8; N,N-Dimethyloctylamine; N,N-Dimethyl-n-octylamine; Dimethyloctylamine; Octyldimethylamine

Packing: 25 kg/drum; 160 kg/drum

Applications
Can react with benzyl chloride to produce benzyl quaternary ammonium salt.
Can react with quaternary ammonium precursors such as chloromethane, dimethyl sulfate, diethyl sulfate, etc., to generate cationic quaternary ammonium salts.
Can also react with sodium chloroacetate to produce the amphoteric surfactant betaine.
Reacting with hydrogen peroxide can produce amine oxide as a foaming agent for use in foam production.

Standards

Appearance

Color

Hazen

Content

(%)

Total amine value

(mg KOH/g)

Primary & secondary amines (%)

Free alcohol

(%)

Carbon chain (%)

First grade Colorless transparent liquid 20 98 338~358
0.3 0.6

C8: 97

Qualified 30
97 0.7 0.8 C8: 95