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Offline jenrager

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Triethylamine and Hydrochloric acid interaction question
« on: January 21, 2009, 08:29:27 AM »
I am looking to get opinions on an interaction of pure/conc. Triethylamine (TEA) and Hydrochloric Acid (HCl). I have an incident where the two have combined to make a white powder. The substance is no longer available for testing, and hence I must just go on pure chemistry principles.

 I am unsure if it is Triethylamine Chloride, or Triethylamine Hydrochloride or possibly something else. Please advise. Thank you.

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Re: Triethylamine and Hydrochloric acid interaction question
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 06:05:54 AM »
Do you know the chemistry behind what's happened?

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Re: Triethylamine and Hydrochloric acid interaction question
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 12:40:01 PM »
I hope you do realize that you protonated your triethylamine and just made a salt (thus a white powder), since it's a base + acid reaction. You could just get your TEA back by adding a strong base.

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