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Diethylenetriamine
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<h2 id="reactions-and-uses">Reactions and uses</h2> <p>Diethylenetriamine is a common curing agent for <a href="/facts/Epoxy_resin/PvlLBgdQ">epoxy resins</a> in epoxy adhesives and other thermosets.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> It is N-alkylated upon reaction with epoxide groups forming crosslinks. </p> <p>In <a href="/facts/Coordination_chemistry/1tCyeQUm">coordination chemistry</a>, it serves as a tridentate <a href="/facts/Ligand/6etB3qeW">ligand</a> forming complexes such as Co(dien)(NO2)3.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Like some related amines, it is used in oil industry for the extraction of <a href="/facts/Acid_gas/IN9jzyMg">acid gas</a>. </p><p>Like <a href="/facts/Ethylenediamine/VDX8VfFv">ethylenediamine</a>, DETA can also be used to sensitize <a href="/facts/Nitromethane/mfVA2AA1">nitromethane</a>, making a liquid explosive compound similar to <a href="/facts/PLX/rp6M5RkX">PLX</a>. This compound is cap sensitive with an explosive velocity of around 6200 m/s and is discussed in patent #3,713,915. Mixed with <a href="/facts/Unsymmetrical_dimethylhydrazine/g08Fzo2D">unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine</a> it was used as <a href="/facts/Hydyne/LFlmokp3">Hydyne</a>, a propellent for <a href="/facts/Liquid-fuel_rocket/TAonrVDn">liquid-fuel rockets</a>. </p><p>DETA has been evaluated for use in the <a href="/facts/Countermine_System/CMxyK958">Countermine System</a> under development by the U.S. <a href="/facts/Office_of_Naval_Research/qKug0oD2">Office of Naval Research</a>, where it would be used to ignite and consume the explosive fill of land mines in beach and <a href="/facts/Surf_zone/UsSs8XBS">surf zones</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Triethylenetetramine/VHwtF7DE">Triethylenetetramine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Schmidt, Eckart W. (2022). "Diethylenetriamine". <i>Aliphatic Amines</i>. <i>Encyclopedia of Liquid Fuels</i>. De Gruyter. pp. 127–134. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515%2F9783110750287-002">10.1515/9783110750287-002</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-11-075028-7.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Diethylenetriamine at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Health Council of the Netherlands: Committee on Updating of Occupational Exposure Limits. 2,2'-Iminodi(ethylamine); Health-based Reassessment of Administrative Occupational Exposure Limits" (PDF). 2005. <a href="http://gr.nl/sites/default/files/0015OSH153.pdf" target="_blank">http://gr.nl/sites/default/files/0015OSH153.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Eller, K.; Henkes, E.; Rossbacher, R.; Höke, H. "Amines, Aliphatic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a02_001. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2. <a href="978-3-527-30673-2" target="_blank">978-3-527-30673-2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Brydson, J. A. (1999). "Epoxide Resins". In J. A. Brydson (ed.). Plastics Materials (Seventh ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 744–777. doi:10.1016/B978-075064132-6/50067-X. ISBN 9780750641326. <a href="9780750641326" target="_blank">9780750641326</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Crayton, P. H.; Zitomer, F.; Lambert, J. (1963). "Inner Complexes of Cobalt(III) with Diethylenetriamine". In Kleinberg, J. (ed.). Inorganic Syntheses. Vol. 7. pp. 207–213. doi:10.1002/9780470132388.ch56. ISBN 9780470132388. <a href="9780470132388" target="_blank">9780470132388</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Hill, Brandon (January 25, 2007). "U.S. Navy Announces "Venom Penetrator" Countermine Projectile". DailyTech. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141004175426/http://www.dailytech.com/US+Navy+Announces+Venom+Penetrator+Countermine+Projectile/article5838.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141004175426/http://www.dailytech.com/US+Navy+Announces+Venom+Penetrator+Countermine+Projectile/article5838.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>