Talk:Methylamine

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Contents 1 Headline text 2 Recommended Software 3 Really a solvent? 4 Synthesis equation

[edit] Headline text

I took a crack at filling in some of the chemical data for this. It would be useful for someone to proofread my work though, and there is a lot more to add.

A material safety data sheet is here and is probably useful for this.

Can anyone recommend open source software for drawing the structure? --Pmetzger 17:36, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Recommended Software

I use Accelrys to model SMILES and molecules, then save the file as a .pdb and open it with Qutemol.

Microswitch 08:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Really a solvent?

This compound is a gas at room temperature. I understand it is usually found as a solution. Is it really used as a solvent? How??? --Rifleman 82 02:14, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ammonia is sometimes used as a solvent, despite having an even lower boiling point, so that shouldn't be a problem. --Itub 13:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how much it is actually used in practice, but research on its use as a solvent dates from 1906! LIQUID METHYLAMINE AS A SOLVENT, AND A STUDY OF ITS CHEMICAL REACTIVITY. H. D. Gibbs; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1906; 28(10); 1395-1422. --Itub 13:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

While I've heard of liquid ammonia and supercritical CO2 as solvents, I've never heard of liquid methylamine... See Ed's comments at User talk:Shaddack#Solvent over-enthusiasm?. --Rifleman 82 13:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

After further searching, I've only been able to find very few obscure mentions of it as a solvent. So perhaps it doesn't deserve being categorized as a solvent, or even being mentioned as a solvent unless some specific example is given with a reference. --Itub 13:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Synthesis equation

In the synthesis of methylamine using ammonium hydrochloride, the last equation is wrong, because, the HCl formed is missing : The right equation is : CH₂NH₂-HCl + H₂CO + H₂O → CH₃NH₂ • HCl + HCOOH Source: [1] Kafein (talk) 08:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)