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V900884

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride

98%, Vetec, reagent grade

Synonym(s):

N-Dodecyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride, DTAC, Trimethyldodecylammonium chloride

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)11N(CH3)3Cl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
263.89
UNSPSC Code:
12352107
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-927-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3915951
MDL number:
Assay:
≥98%, 99.1%
Form:
solid
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Product Name

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, Vetec, reagent grade, ≥98%

grade

reagent grade

product line

Vetec

assay

≥98%, 99.1%

form

solid

reaction suitability

core: ammonium

mp

37 °C

functional group

amine

SMILES string

[Cl-].CCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C15H34N.ClH/c1-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(2,3)4;/h5-15H2,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

DDXLVDQZPFLQMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC) is a quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) commonly used as a cationic surfactant. It is mainly used for the denaturation of proteins.

Application

DTAC has been used as a cationic surfactant in:
  • Transfer hydrogenation reactions of ketones/aldehydes.
  • Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of olefins.

Legal Information

Vetec is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Sorption of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC) to agricultural soils.
Xiang L Sun
The Science of the Total Environment, 560, 197-203 (2016)
Phase separation in the isolation and purification of membrane proteins.
Arnold T
Biotechniques, 43(4), 427-442 (2007)
Transfer-hydrogenation reactions of ketones/aldehydes in water using first generation ruthenium indenylidene olefin metathesis catalyst: one step towards sequential cross-metathesis/transfer hydrogenation reactions
Ozturk B and Ozturk S
Molecular Catalysis, 480, 110650-110650 (2020)