Molecular weight: 122.17
Water solubility: 76 g/L (25 ºC)
Insoluble in water (7.6), hexane and cyclohexane, soluble in ethanol, benzene, chloroform, methanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, acetic acid and dichloroethane.
Uses: 4- dimethylaminopyridine is a new efficient catalyst widely used in chemical synthesis. It has high catalytic ability in many types of reactions such as acylation, alkylation and etherification in organic synthesis, drug synthesis, pesticides, dyes, spices and so on, and has an extremely obvious effect on improving the yield.