''sec''-Butylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an

amine In chemistry, amines (, ) are organic compounds that contain carbon-nitrogen bonds. Amines are formed when one or more hydrogen atoms in ammonia are replaced by alkyl or aryl groups. The nitrogen atom in an amine possesses a lone pair of elec ...

) with the formula CH₃CH₂CH(NH₂)CH₃. It is a colorless liquid. ''sec''-Butylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of

butane Butane () is an alkane with the formula C4H10. Butane exists as two isomers, ''n''-butane with connectivity and iso-butane with the formula . Both isomers are highly flammable, colorless, easily liquefied gases that quickly vaporize at ro ...

, the others being ''n''-butylamine, ''tert''-butylamine, and

isobutylamine Isobutylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an amine) with the formula (CH3)2CHCH2NH2, and occurs as a colorless liquid.chiral Chirality () is a property of asymmetry important in several branches of science. The word ''chirality'' is derived from the Greek language, Greek (''kheir''), "hand", a familiar chiral object. An object or a system is ''chiral'' if it is dist ...

and therefore can exist in either of two

enantiomer In chemistry, an enantiomer (Help:IPA/English, /ɪˈnænti.əmər, ɛ-, -oʊ-/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''ih-NAN-tee-ə-mər''), also known as an optical isomer, antipode, or optical antipode, is one of a pair of molecular entities whi ...

ic forms. ''sec''-Butylamine is used in the production of some pesticides. : 192 px, left, Bromacil, a commercial herbicide, is produced from ''sec''-butylamine.United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Bromacil". 1996, pp. 1–11. Accessed 9 October 2012

Safety

The (rat) for primary alkylamines is 100 – 1 mg/kg.

References

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