Morpholine
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Morpholine[2] | |||
| Other names
Diethylenimide oxide
1,4-Oxazinane Tetrahydro-1,4-oxazine Diethylene imidoxide Diethylene oximide Tetrahydro-p-oxazine | |||
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3D model (JSmol)
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| UN number | 2054 | ||
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| Properties | |||
| C4H9NO | |||
| Molar mass | 87.122 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | Colorless liquid | ||
| Odor | Weak ammonia-like or fish-like[3] | ||
| Density | 1.007 g/cm3 | ||
| Melting point | −5 °C (23 °F; 268 K) | ||
| Boiling point | 129 °C (264 °F; 402 K) | ||
| miscible | |||
| Vapor pressure | 6 mmHg (20 °C)[3] | ||
| Acidity (pKa) | 8.36[4] (of conjugate acid) | ||
| −55.0·10−6 cm3/mol | |||
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Main hazards
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Flammable, Corrosive | ||
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| GHS02: FlammableGHS05: CorrosiveGHS07: Exclamation mark | |||
| Danger | |||
| H226, H302, H312, H314, H332 | |||
| P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P312, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P312, P321, P322, P330, P363, P370+P378, P403+P235, P405, P501 | |||
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| Flash point | 31 °C (88 °F; 304 K) | ||
| 275 °C (527 °F; 548 K) | |||
| Explosive limits | 1.4%–11.2%[3] | ||
| Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |||
LD50 (median dose)
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1220 mg/kg (mammal, oral) 525 mg/kg (mouse, oral) 1050 mg/kg (rat, oral)[5] | ||
LC50 (median concentration)
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365 ppm (mouse, 2 hr)[5] | ||
| NIOSH (US health exposure limits): | |||
PEL (Permissible)
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TWA 20 ppm (70 mg/m3) [skin][3] | ||
REL (Recommended)
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TWA 20 ppm (70 mg/m3) ST 30 ppm (105 mg/m3) [skin][3] | ||
IDLH (Immediate danger)
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1400 ppm[3] | ||
| Safety data sheet (SDS) | hazard.com | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Morpholine is an organic chemical compound having the chemical formula O(CH2CH2)2NH. This heterocycle features both amine and ether functional groups. Because of the amine, morpholine is a base; its conjugate acid is called morpholinium. For example, treating morpholine with hydrochloric acid generates the salt morpholinium chloride. It is a colorless liquid with a weak, ammonia- or fish-like odor.[6] The naming of morpholine is attributed to Ludwig Knorr, who incorrectly believed it to be part of the structure of morphine.[7]
Production
[edit | edit source]Morpholine is often produced industrially by the dehydration of diethanolamine with concentrated sulfuric acid.[8] Alternatively, it can be made from bis(2-chloroethyl)ether in a reaction with ammonia, by which also ammonium chloride is formed. File:Morpholine from DEA-1.svg
Morpholine is also produced industrially from diethylene glycol and ammonia, under high temperature and pressure, in the presence of hydrogen and a suitable catalyst.[9]
Uses
[edit | edit source]Industrial applications
[edit | edit source]Morpholine is a common additive, in parts per million concentrations, for pH adjustment in both fossil fuel and nuclear power plant steam systems. Morpholine is used because its volatility is about the same as water, so once it is added to the water, its concentration becomes distributed rather evenly in both the water and steam phases. Its pH-adjusting qualities then become distributed throughout the steam plant to provide corrosion protection. Morpholine is often used in conjunction with low concentrations of hydrazine or ammonia to provide a comprehensive all-volatile treatment chemistry for corrosion protection for the steam systems of such plants. Morpholine decomposes reasonably slowly in the absence of oxygen at the high temperatures and pressures in these steam systems.
Organic synthesis
[edit | edit source]Morpholine undergoes most chemical reactions typical for other secondary amines, though the presence of the ether oxygen withdraws electron density from the nitrogen, rendering it less nucleophilic (and less basic) than structurally similar secondary amines such as piperidine. For this reason, it forms a stable chloramine.[10]
It is commonly used to generate enamines.[11]
Morpholine is widely used in organic synthesis. For example, it is a building block in the preparation of the antibiotic linezolid, the anticancer agent gefitinib (brand name Iressa) and the analgesic dextromoramide.
In research and in industry, the low cost and polarity of morpholine lead to its common use as a solvent for chemical reactions.
Agriculture
[edit | edit source]As a fruit coating
[edit | edit source]In nature, fruits make waxes to protect against insects and fungal contamination, but this can be lost as the fruit is cleaned. Hence a small amount of new wax, made from shellac, is applied to replace it. Morpholine is sometimes used as an emulsifier and solubility aid for this new coating.[12] The European Union has forbidden the use of morpholine in fruit coating.[13][14]
As a component in fungicides
[edit | edit source]Morpholine derivatives used as agricultural fungicides in cereals are known as ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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