In
organic chemistry
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, propanolamine can describe any of the following
parent compounds:
*
2-Amino-1-propanol, the
hydrogenated derivative of
alanine.
*
3-Amino-1-propanol
3-Amino-1-propanol is the organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), ...
, straight-chain and not widely used.
*3-Amino-2-propanol (
1-Aminopropan-2-ol
1-Aminopropan-2-ol is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH(OH)CH2NH2. It is an alkanolamine, amino alcohol. The term ''isopropanolamine'' may also refer more generally to the additional Homology (chemistry), homologs diisopropanolamine (DI ...
) (isopropanolamines), prepared by addition of
amine
In chemistry, amines (, ) are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair. Amines are formally derivatives of ammonia (), wherein one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a substituen ...
s to one or two equivalents of
propylene oxide.
The
propanolamines
Propanolamines are a class of chemical compounds, many of which are pharmaceutical drugs. They are amino alcohols that are derivatives of 1-amino-2-propanol.
Propanolamines include:
* Acebutolol
* Atenolol
* Betaxolol
* Bisoprolol
* M ...
include many derivatives where the amine is secondary or tertiary.
The parent propanolamines are colorless liquids with the formula {{chem2, C3H9NO.
References
Amino alcohols