Dichloramine-T or ''N'',''N''-Dichloro-''p''-toluenesulfonamide is a chemical used as a disinfectant starting at the beginning of the 20th century. The chemical contains
toluene
Toluene (), also known as toluol (), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , often abbreviated as , where Ph stands for the phenyl group. It is a colorless, water
Water is an inorganic compound with the c ...
substituted by a
sulfonamide
In organic chemistry, the sulfonamide functional group (also spelled sulphonamide) is an organosulfur group with the Chemical structure, structure . It consists of a sulfonyl group () connected to an amine group (). Relatively speaking this gro ...
grouping, which in turn has two chlorine atoms attached to the nitrogen.
Production
Dichloramine-T was first made by Frederick Daniel Chattaway in 1905.
Dichloramine-T can be made from para-toluenesulfonamide and bleaching powder, or chlorine.
Properties
Dichloramine-T degrades with exposure to light or air.
References
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Sulfonamides
Chlorides
P-Tosyl compounds
Tertiary amines
Nitrogen–halogen compounds