a colourless, flammable, liquid chemical with a fish- or ammonia-like odour
triethylamine in American English
(traiˈeθələˌmin, -ˌeθələˈmin, -ˈæmɪn)
noun
Chemistry
a colorless, flammable liquid, C6H15N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis
Word origin
[1840–50; tri- + ethyl + amine]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, dope, flan, pylon, warmuptri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triforium, trigeminal, triglyph, trilemma, trivial
Examples of 'triethylamine' in a sentence
triethylamine
The improved gas-sensing mechanism of the composites toward triethylamine was also carefully discussed.
Dongping Xue, Yan Wang, Jianliang Cao, Zhanying Zhang 2018, 'Hydrothermal Synthesis of CeO2-SnO2 Nanoflowers for ImprovingTriethylamine Gas Sensing Property', Nanomaterialshttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/12/1025. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The yield of recovered triethylamine was about 95%.
Li-Sheng Wang, Ming-Hong Fang 2007, 'Hydrolysis and Partial Recycling of a Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquid', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/8/6/470/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Treatment of cyanoacetanilide derivative 1 with tetracyanoethylene (2) in dioxane/triethylamine furnished 2-pyridone derivative 6.
Yousry A. Ammar, Mohamed S.A. El-Gaby, Mohamed A. Salem 2014, 'Cyanoacetanilides intermediates in heterocyclic synthesis. Part 6: Preparation ofsome hitherto unknown 2-oxopyridine, bipyridine, isoquinoline and chromeno[3,4-c]pyridinecontaining sulfonamide moiety', Arabian Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535213003961. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The latter was also obtained in much higher yield upon reaction of the starting materials in the system dichloromethane / triethylamine.
Karin Schalle, Changbin Guo, Wolfgang Holzer 2009, '3-Methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl 2-Bromo-3-furan-carboxylate', Molbankhttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-8599/2009/3/M603/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Complex 1 shows catalase activity only in the presence of a base, e.g., piperazine or triethylamine.
Rafael O. Costa, Sarah S. Ferreira, Crystiane A. Pereira, Jeffrey R. Harmer, ChristopherJ. Noble, Gerhard Schenk, Roberto W. A. Franco, Jackson A. L. C. Resende, Peter Comba,Peter Comba, Asha E. Roberts, Asha E. Roberts, Christiane Fernandes, Adolfo Horn Jr. 2018, 'A New Mixed-Valence Mn(II)Mn(III) Compound With Catalase and Superoxide DismutaseActivities', Frontiers in Chemistryhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2018.00491/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The reactions occur in ethanol and water at reflux, in the presence of a base catalyst such as triethylamine.
Mohammad Seifi, Hassan Sheibani 2017, 'Studies on condensation of 1,3-dicarbonyls with malononitrile: Synthesis of 2-pyridinones',Arabian Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535213003067. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The coordination reaction was promoted by the deprotonation of the ligand by the soft base triethylamine.
Cándida Pastor-Ramírez, Rafael Zamorano-Ulloa, Daniel Ramírez-Rosales, Hugo Vázquez-Lima,Samuel Hernández-Anzaldo, Yasmi Reyes-Ortega 2018, 'Tetramer Compound of Manganese Ions with Mixed Valence [MnII MnIIIMnIV] and Its Spatial, Electronic, Magnetic, and Theoretical Studies',Crystalshttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/8/12/447. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)