It is a yellow liquid that is soluble in polar organic solvents.

The molecule is a secondary amine with two picolyl substituents.

The compound is a common tridentate ligand in coordination chemistry.

[1][2] The compound can be prepared by many methods, alkylation of picolinylamine with picolinyl chloride, deamination of picolinylamine, and reductive amination of picolinyl amine and pyridine-2-carboxaldehyde.

It is commonly used to bind to bacteria in purifying mixtures that require separation.