Isopropylamine

It is a hygroscopic colorless liquid with ammonia-like odor.

[3] Isopropylamine exhibits reactions typical of other simple alkyl amines, i.e. protonation, alkylation, acylation, condensation with carbonyls.

Like other simple aliphatic amines, isopropylamine is a weak base: the pKa of [(CH3)2)CHNH3]+ is 10.63.

[4] Isopropylamine can be obtained by reaction of isopropyl alcohol with ammonia in presence of a catalyst:[3] Isopropylamine is a building block for the preparation of many herbicides and pesticides including atrazine, bentazon, glyphosate, imazapyr, ametryne, desmetryn, prometryn, pramitol, dipropetryn, propazine, fenamiphos, and iprodione.

[3] It is a regulating agent for plastics, an intermediate in organic synthesis of coating materials, plastics, pesticides, rubber chemicals, pharmaceuticals and others, and is an additive in the petroleum industry.

Skeletal formula of isopropylamine
Skeletal formula of isopropylamine
Ball-and-stick model of the isopropylamine molecule
Ball-and-stick model of the isopropylamine molecule