20317-32-2

Basic information

• Product Name: 1-Hexadecanaminium,N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,- N-dimethyl-,bromide
• CAS NO: 20317-32-2
• Molecular Weight: 394.479
• Mol File: 20317-32-2.mol
• Article Data: 2

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 1-Hexadecanaminium,N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,- N-dimethyl-,bromide (CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 1-Hexadecanaminium,N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,- N-dimethyl-,bromide (20317-32-2)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 1-Hexadecanaminium,N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,- N-dimethyl-,bromide (20317-32-2)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 20317-32-2(Hazardous Substances Data)

Usage

Common uses

Surfactant and emulsifying agent in industrial and consumer products, ingredient in hair conditioners, fabric softeners, and disinfectants

Chemical class

Quaternary ammonium compound

Derivation

Mixture of fatty acids

Properties

Ability to lower the surface tension of liquids, required for emulsification and dispersion

Precautions

Skin and eye irritant, should be handled carefully

Upstream product

• 96042-14-7 Hexadecyl-dimethyl-[2-(4-nitro-phenylcarbamoyloxy)-ethyl]-ammonium; bromide 

Downstream Products

• 61095-52-1 [2-(2,4-Dinitro-phenoxy)-ethyl]-hexadecyl-dimethyl-ammonium 

Relevant articles and documents

Dependence of in vitro enzymic hydrolysis of alkyl(2-benzoyl-oxyethyl)dimethylammonium bromides on the alkyl length

Microsomal esterases were used in (he study of the m vitro enzymic hydrolysis of the ester bond in alkyl(2-benzoyloxyethyl)dimethylammonium bromides. These compounds are potential "soft" disinfectants, easily biodegradable to nontoxic biologically inactive hydrolytic products, namely substituted choline and benzoic acid. Formation of the latter product was used to monitor the kinetics of the reaction. It has been found that the rate of enzymic hydrolysis is substantially influenced by different length of the alkyl chain on the ammonium nitrogen. At the same time, interspecies (rat-mouse) and interorgan (liver-kidney) variability has been observed.