9228. Tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine

Nomenclature

CAS number: 100-22-1
N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethyl-1,4-benzenediamine; Wurster's reagent; Wurster's blue.
C10H16N2; mol wt 164.25.
C 73.12%, H 9.82%, N 17.06%.

Description and references

Prepn: Meyer, Ber. 36, 2979 (1903); Cox, Smith, J. Org. Chem. 29, 488 (1964).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from petr ether, mp 51-52°. bp 260°. Slightly sol in cold water; more sol in hot water; freely sol in alc, chloroform, ether, petr ether.

Use

In the form of the hydrochloride as a reagent in analytical chemistry.