Dimantin

Cosmetic ingredients (Dimethyl Stearamine) -> CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review)

Antistatic; Emulsifying; Hair conditioning

Personal care product -> emollient -> DIMLA: dimethyl lauryl amine

N,n-dimethyl-1-octadecanamine appears as a clear yellow liquid with a fishlike odor. Insoluble in water and less dense than water. Hence floats on water. Contact may irritate skin, eyes and mucous membranes. May be toxic by ingestion, inhalation or skin absorption. Used to make other chemicals.

CBI; Liquid; Liquid; Other Solid

mp = 22.89 deg C; [ChemIDplus] Clear yellow liquid with a fishy odor; [CAMEO] Colorless to yellow liquid; Clear or slightly cloudy with a fishy odor; [MSDSonline]

Danger

H226 (53.9%): Flammable liquid and vapor [Warning Flammable liquids]

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P264, P264+P265, P270, P273, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P363, P370+P378, P391, P403+P235, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 833 reports by companies from 19 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Danger

H314: Causes severe skin burns and eye damage [Danger Skin corrosion/irritation]

Chemical: 1-Octadecanamine, N,N-dimethyl-

1-Octadecanamine, N,N-dimethyl- is listed on the EPA's Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) system. Manufacturers and importers of 1-Octadecanamine, N,N-dimethyl- are required to report information about their production and use of this chemical to the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). (40 eCFR Part 711)

Status: Active Update: 15-07-2022 https://echa.europa.eu/registration-dossier/-/registered-dossier/14746

Dimethyl stearamine: Does not have an individual approval but may be used under an appropriate group standard

Emergency treatment: Irritants; [HSDB] Negative for mutagenicity in two strains of Salmonella typhimurium; [EPA HPVIS] Moderately irritating to skin and eyes; [RTECS] A corrosive substance that can cause injury to the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract; Inhalation may cause chemical pneumonitis and pulmonary edema; [MSDSonline]

N,N-DIMETHYL-1-OCTADECANAMINE neutralizes acids in exothermic reactions to form salts plus water. May be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen may be generated in combination with strong reducing agents, such as hydrides.

Flam. Liq. 3 (53.9%)

Acute toxicity - category 4

Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 1

CIR ingredient: Dimethyl Stearamine

Used as chemical intermediate and corrosion inhibitor for condensing systems; [HSDB]

CHEM INT FOR N,N-DIMETHYL-N-OCTADECYLAMINE OXIDE-AS MIXT

CHEM INT FOR BENZYL DIMETHYL OCTADECYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE

FILMING AMINE CORROSION INHIBITOR FOR CONDENSING SYSTEMS

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT (HYDROCHLORIDE SALT)

(1979) No Data

(1981) No Data

(1979) No Data

(1981) No Data

2023: 1,000,000 - <2,500,000 lb

(1979) 5.62X10+8 GRAMS

(1981) PROBABLY GREATER THAN 9.08X10+6 GRAMS

...FROM OCTADECYLAMINE AND FORMALDEHYDE: RECK ET AL, J ORG CHEM 12: 517 (1947).

REACTION OF 1-OCTADECANOL WITH N,N-DIMETHYLAMINE; HYDROGENATION OF 9-OCTADECENENITRILE FOLLOWED BY REACTION WITH FORMALDEHYDE; REDUCTION OF N,N-DIMETHYL-N-OCTADECYLAMIDE

CBI

1-Octadecanamine, N,N-dimethyl-: ACTIVE

HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS AN ANTHELMINTIC.

N,N-DIMETHYLOCTADECANAMINE PROVIDED ONLY MARGINAL CONTROL WHEN USED AS EAR WASH FOR RABBITS INFESTED WITH PSOROPTES CUNICULI.

OCTADECYLDIMETHYLAMINE WAS USED IN A COMPOSITION WHICH PREVENTED GROWTH OF BIOLOGICAL MATTER ON A FISHING NET.

OF 35 MICE INFECTED EXPERIMENTALLY WITH HYMENOLEPIS NANA EGGS, 15 WERE TREATED WITH 5% GUM ARABIC SUSPENSION OF THELMESAN @ ONE FIFTH THE LD50. AT AUTOPSY, THE 13 ANIMALS WHO SURVIVED THE TREATMENT DID NOT HAVE ANY WORMS IN THEIR GUT.