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Contamination of Amines with N ‐Nitrosamines
Author(s) -
Spiegelhalder Bertold,
Eisenbrand Gerhard,
Preussmann Rudolf
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197803672
Subject(s) - nitrosamine , contamination , carcinogen , amine gas treating , chemistry , tertiary amine , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , toxicology , biology , ecology
Caution is urgently recommended when handling amines! Commercial grade secondary and tertiary amines are contaminated with the extremely carcinogenic N ‐nitrosamines. Nitrosamine contents of 0.03 to 53.0 mg/kg amine were found.