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Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride

≥99.0% (AT), solid

Synonym(s):

DTAC

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)11N(CH3)3Cl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
263.89
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352107
EC Number:
203-927-0
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3915951
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Product Name

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, ≥99.0% (AT)

InChI key

DDXLVDQZPFLQMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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

SMILES string

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

description

cationic

assay

≥99.0% (AT)

form

solid

mol wt

263.89 g/mol

mp

37 °C

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless

Quality Level

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Application

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

General description

Dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride is a cationic alkyltrimethylammonium chloride surfactant that can undergo micellization in aqueous solution. it is mainly used for the denaturation of proteins.

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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

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves


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Aqueous olefin metathesis
Burtscher D and Grela K
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 48, 442-454 (2009)
Effect of temperature on critical micelle concentration and thermodynamic behavior of dodecyldimethylethylammonium bromide and dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride in aqueous media.
Mehta S
Colloids and Surfaces. A, Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 255(1-3), 153-157 (2005)
Temperature and salt-induced micellization of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride in aqueous solution: A thermodynamic study.
Sarac B
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 338(1), 216-221 (2009)
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, 110640-110640 (2020)

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