Applications

N,N,N′-Trimethylethylenediamine has been used in the preparation of a novel gemini surfactant, N,N-dimethyl-N-{2-[N′-methyl-N′-(3-sulfopropyl)-alkylammonium]ethyl}-1-alkylammonium bromides (2C(n)AmSb, where n represents hydrocarbon chain lengths of 8, 10, 12, and 14), by reacting it with n-alkyl bromide¹. It has also been used as an amine component for in situ formation of α-amino alkoxides².