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Alkanolamine

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In organic chemistry, alkanolamines (amino alcohols) are organic compounds that contain both hydroxyl (−OH) and amino (−NH2, −NHR, and −NR2) functional groups on an alkane backbone. Most alkanolamines are colorless.[1] Alkanolamine's bifunctionality and physicochemical characteristics lead to its use in many applications, such as textiles, cosmetics, agricultural chemical intermediates, drugs, and metal working fluids.[2][3]

Alkanolamines usually have high-solubility in water due to the hydrogen bonding ability of both the hydroxyl group and the amino group.[4]

1-Aminoalcohols

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1-Aminoalcohols are better known as hemiaminals. Methanolamine is the simplest member. 1-Aminoalcohols tend to be labile, readily converting to more highly condensed derivatives or hydrolyzing to the amine and carbonyl.

2-Aminoalcohols

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2-Aminoalcohols are an important class of organic compounds that are often generated by the reaction of amines with epoxides:

C2H4O + R−NH2 → RNHC2H4OH

Simple alkanolamines are used as solvents, synthetic intermediates, and high-boiling bases.[1]

Hydrogenation or hydride reduction of amino acids gives the corresponding 2-aminoalcohols. Examples include prolinol (from proline), valinol (from valine), tyrosinol (from tyrosine).

Key members: ethanolamine, dimethylethanolamine, N-methylethanolamine, Aminomethyl propanol. Two popular drugs, often called alkanolamine beta blockers, are members of this structural class: propranolol, pindolol.[5][6][7] 2-Aminoalcohols can also be found in the direct action subgroup of adrenergic drugs such as epinephrine, isoproterenol, phenylephrine and isoetarine.[8] Isoetarine is yet another medicinally useful derivative of ethanolamine.[citation needed]

1,3-, 1,4-, and 1,5-amino alcohols

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Natural products

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Most proteins and peptides contain both alcohols and amino groups. Two amino acids are alkanolamines, formally speaking: serine and hydroxyproline.

References

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  1. ^ a b Martin Ernst; Johann-Peter Melder; Franz Ingo Berger; Christian Koch (2022). "Ethanolamines and Propanolamines". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a10_001.pub2. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.
  2. ^ Davis, John W.; Carpenter, Constance L. (1997), Ware, George W. (ed.), "Environmental Assessment of the Alkanolamines", Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 149, New York, NY: Springer New York, pp. 87–137, doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-2272-9_2, ISBN 978-1-4612-7482-7, retrieved 2025-03-19
  3. ^ Laskar, Ranjini; Dutta, Subhabrata; Spies, Jan C.; Mukherjee, Poulami; Rentería-Gómez, Ángel; Thielemann, Rebecca E.; Daniliuc, Constantin G.; Gutierrez, Osvaldo; Glorius, Frank (2024-04-17). "γ-Amino Alcohols via Energy Transfer Enabled Brook Rearrangement". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146 (15): 10899–10907. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c01667. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 11027157. PMID 38569596.
  4. ^ "Amino Alcohols - Alfa Chemistry". www.alfa-chemistry.com. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  5. ^ "Propranolol Monograph for Professionals". Drugs.com. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  6. ^ "Pindolol Uses, Side Effects & Warnings". Drugs.com. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  7. ^ Wong, Gavin W. K.; Boyda, Heidi N.; Wright, James M. (2014-11-27). "Blood pressure lowering efficacy of partial agonist beta blocker monotherapy for primary hypertension". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014 (11): CD007450. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007450.pub2. ISSN 1469-493X. PMC 6486122. PMID 25427719.
  8. ^ Vardanyan, R. S.; Hruby, V. J. (2006-01-01), Vardanyan, R. S.; Hruby, V. J. (eds.), "11 - Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Drugs", Synthesis of Essential Drugs, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 143–159, ISBN 978-0-444-52166-8, retrieved 2025-03-28
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