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''cis'',''cis''-1,3,5-Triaminocyclohexane is an 
organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-co ...
with the formula (CH2CHNH2)3. It is a triamine. Of the many isomers possible for triaminocyclohexane, the ''cis'',''cis''-1,3,5-derivative has attracted attention because it is a common tripodal ligand
Tripodal ligands are tridentate, tri- and tetradentate ligands. They are popular in research in the areas of coordination chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. Because the ligands are polydentate, they do not readily dissociate from the metal centre ...
, abbreviated as tach. It is a colorless oil. It is a popular tridentate ligand in coordination chemistry
A coordination complex is a chemical compound consisting of a central atom or ion, which is usually metallic and is called the ''coordination centre'', and a surrounding array of chemical bond, bound molecules or ions, that are in turn known as ' ...
.
It is prepared from the triscarbamate
In organic chemistry, a carbamate is a category of organic compounds with the general Chemical formula, formula and Chemical structure, structure , which are formally Derivative (chemistry), derived from carbamic acid (). The term includes orga ...
of cyclohexane. The latter is generated via the Curtius rearrangement starting from cyclohexanetricarboxylic acid.
Related ligands
* Tris(aminomethyl)ethane, another tripodal triamine (CH3C(CH2NH2]3)References