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Cyclohexylamine

SelfStarter - 6-5-2011 at 13:39

Are there any places that sell cyclohexylamine to individuals. Oddly this is the only chem in the last 2 years that I have had problems sourcing within the last 2 years and I work in my lab almost daily.

Magic Muzzlet - 6-5-2011 at 13:41

Yes there are.

SelfStarter - 7-5-2011 at 14:58

I am sure there are too but I was hoping that someone might point me in the right direction.

not_important - 7-5-2011 at 15:20

Depends on where you live for starters - which country, which region in larger countries.

You might consider making it from cyclohexanone which is easier to find, often being part of the solvents and prepping agents for plastic piping.

Random - 7-5-2011 at 15:43

Quote: Originally posted by not_important  
Depends on where you live for starters - which country, which region in larger countries.

You might consider making it from cyclohexanone which is easier to find, often being part of the solvents and prepping agents for plastic piping.


How is amine most easily obtained form ketone like cyclohexanone?

UKnowNotWatUDo - 7-5-2011 at 16:18

Form the imine from ammonia and then reduce.

SelfStarter - 8-5-2011 at 08:16

I had also considered forming the oxime and reducing but then I will be wasting more expensive reagents on a cheaper one.

I am in the midwest USA.

mario840 - 14-5-2011 at 21:48

Why waste hydroxylamine ?

Cyclohexane + H2SO/HNO3 (nitration) -------> 1-nitrocyclohexane , then reduction to cyclohexylamine with Sn/HCl .
It's so simple

Lambda-Eyde - 15-5-2011 at 07:28

Quote: Originally posted by mario840  
Why waste hydroxylamine ?

Cyclohexane + H2SO/HNO3 (nitration) -------> 1-nitrocyclohexane , then reduction to cyclohexylamine with Sn/HCl .
It's so simple


Saturated hydrocarbons are much less reactive towards substitution than aromatic hydrocarbons. I doubt it will work unless you give me a reference for that reaction.

That being said, I have seen a paper on vapor-phase nitration of alkanes (aliphatic) with conc. nitric acid at high temperatures.

DJF90 - 15-5-2011 at 09:07

Leuckart reaction on cyclohexanone.

mario840 - 18-5-2011 at 01:42

Cyclohexane + sodium azide -------> cyclohexyl azide ----->(reduction with Zn/NH4Cl) -----> cyclohexylamine , hight yielding 90% in 10 minutes refluxing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

References:

Reduction of Azides to Amines or Amides
With Zinc and Ammonium Chloride as Reducing Agent

http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/azide2amine....

Nicodem - 18-5-2011 at 06:21

And where is the reference for this:
Quote: Originally posted by mario840  
Cyclohexane + sodium azide -------> cyclohexyl azide