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458694

(Vinylbenzyl)trimethylammonium chloride

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Synonym(s):

(ar-Vinylbenzyl)trimethylammonium chloride

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Linear Formula:
H2C=CHC6H4CH2N(CH3)3Cl
CAS Number:
26616-35-3
Molecular Weight:
211.73
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24869493
EC Number:
247-850-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3730835
MDL number:
MFCD00080690

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InChI key

TVXNKQRAZONMHJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

InChI

1S/C12H18N.ClH/c1-5-11-6-8-12(9-7-11)10-13(2,3)4;/h5-9H,1,10H2,2-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

SMILES string

[Cl-].C[N+](C)(C)Cc1ccc(C=C)cc1

assay

99%

mp

240 °C (dec.) (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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General description

(Vinylbenzyl)trimethylammonium chloride is a quaternary ammonium salt commonly used as a monomer in polymerization reactions to produce unique polymers. Its vinylbenzyl group allows for easy radical polymerization and copolymerization, enabling incorporation into different polymer backbones like polyacrylates, polyvinyl acetates, and styrene-based polymers. These resulting polymers possess excellent cationic properties, making them suitable for applications such as water treatment, papermaking, textiles, coatings, flocculants, coagulants, dispersants, binders, adhesives, and modifiers.

Application

(Vinylbenzyl)trimethylammonium chloride (VBTA) can be used as a monomer:
  • To synthesize the poly(AMA-DVB-VBTA) monolith columns, which are used for solid-phase microextraction in analytical chemistry.
  • To prepare an anion exchange membrane for a lignin oxidizing electrolyzer. VBTA provides the anion exchange functionality to the copolymer membrane, which allows for the selective transport of anions across the membrane
It is also used to synthesize poly(VBTMAC) (homopolymer) and block copolymers for biomedical applications. For example, it can be used as a monomer to prepare:
  • Poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate]-b-based nanostructures for encapsulating magnetic nanoparticles and DNA.
  • Nano-sized polyelectrolyte complexes.
  • Homo and block copolymers of poly(VBTMAC) for non-viral DNA delivery systems.

Other Notes

Contains a mixture of 3-vinyl isomers and 4-vinyl isomers

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

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Poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate]-b-poly[(vinyl benzyl trimethylammonium chloride)] Based Multifunctional Hybrid Nanostructures Encapsulating Magnetic Nanoparticles and DNA
Angeliki Chroni, et al.
Polymers, 12 (2020)
Chen Zheng et al.
Polymers, 12(3) (2020-04-03)
By using different conductivity of polyaniline as filler, a kind of poly(ionic liquid)/polyaniline composite particles was synthesized to investigate the influence of dielectric polarization rate difference between filler and matrix on the electrorheological response and flow stability of composite-based electrorheological
Nunzio Cennamo et al.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 18(6) (2018-06-08)
A novel Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) able to bind perfluorinated compounds, combined with a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) optical fiber platform, is presented. The new MIP receptor has been deposited on a D-shaped plastic optical fiber (POF) covered with a
Jeffrey M Ting et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25(11) (2020-06-04)
A series of model polyelectrolyte complex micelles (PCMs) was prepared to investigate the consequences of neutral and zwitterionic chemistries and distinct charged cores on the size and stability of nanocarriers. Using aqueous reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, we synthesized

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