IMPORTANCE OF AMINES

• USES OF AMINES?

  • manufacture of synthetic materials
  • quaternary ammonium salts used in manufacture of hair and fabric conditioners
• EXAMPLES OF SYNTHETIC MATERIALS?

  • nylon
  • polyurethane
  • dyes
  • drugs
• HAIR AND FABRIC CONDITIONERS?

  • long carbon chain and positively charged functional group
  • produce cations
  • wet fabric/ hair pick up negative charges on surfaces
  • attract cations
  • produce coating
• NAME OF QUATERNARY SALTS?

  cationic surfactants

  -> in aqueous solutions ions cluster (charged ends in water, hydrocarbon tails on surface)