If you're working on dyes, pharmaceuticals or surface active agents

If you're working on dyes, pharmaceuticals or surface active agents-

Consider D U

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-Methylglucamine H

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H 0 C H 2 - C - C - C - C - CH 2 - N OH OH

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A p o l y h y d r o x y a m i n e now available in commercial quantities in a technical g r a d e

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES APPEARANCE: Off-white, needle-shaped crystalline powder MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 195.21 MELTING POINT: 1 2 8 ° C. M i n i m u m PURITY: 9 9 % Minimum

SUGGESTED USES: Du Pont N-Methylglucamine Technical may b e used as an intermediate a n d solubilizing agent in the preparation of many interesting a n d valuable products, such a s : • Surface active agents, including detergents, emulsifiers, foam builders and thickeners • Pharmaceuticals and physiologically active compounds, salts and complexes • Stabilized diazo compounds (used in textile dyeing and printing) • Metal-free phthalocyanine pigments with superior tinctorial properties Du Pont N-Methylglucamine Technical may also be used as a printing assistant a n d as a stabilizer and metal deactivator in chlorine-containing polymers. REACTIONS: In general, N-methylglucamine exhibits the characteristic reactions of aliphatic amino alcohols. F o r example, N-methylglucamine reacts:

With alkyl b o l i d e s to produce tertiary amines With 2 - a mi noethy I sulfuric acid t o produce aminoethylmethylglucaininc With dimethyl sulfate to produce N,N-dimethylglucamine FOR FURTHER INFORMATION!, j u s t d r o p us a note. We'll b e glad t o send you our product information sheet and a free t«s-1 sample of Du Pont N-Methylglucamine Technical if y o u wish. Address: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & C o . (Inc.), Organic Chemicals Dept., Chemicals Division, Wilmington 98, Delaware.

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