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Monoethanolamine Introduction

Monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine can be derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms with an -CH2-CH2-OH group. These ethanolamines were first prepared in 1860 but were not commercially available until the 1930s when large-scale ethylene oxide production enabled their widespread production. The main uses of ethanolamines are in emulsifiers, detergents, textile chemicals, gas purification processes, and cement production.

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Monoethanolamine Introduction

Monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and triethanolamine can be derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms with an -CH2-CH2-OH group. These ethanolamines were first prepared in 1860 but were not commercially available until the 1930s when large-scale ethylene oxide production enabled their widespread production. The main uses of ethanolamines are in emulsifiers, detergents, textile chemicals, gas purification processes, and cement production.

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL:
Amino alcohols have been prepared industrially since the 1930s. However large-
scale production started only after 1945. In industries amino alcohols are usually
designated as alkanolamines. Ethanolamines are the important compounds in this group.
ETHANOL AMINES:
Monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA) and triethanolamine (TEA)
can be regarded as derivatives of ammonia in which one two or three hydrogen atoms
have been replaced by –CH2-CH2-OH group.
Ethanolamines were prepared in 1860 by Wurtz from ethylene chlorohydrin and
aqueous ammonia. It was only toward the end of the 19th century that an ethanolamine
mixture was separated into its mono, di and triethanolamine components. It was achieved
by fractional distillation.

Ethanol amine were not available commercially before 1930’s; they assumed
steadily growing commercial importance as intermediates only after 1945, because of the
large scale production of ethylene oxide. Since the mid-1970’s production of very pure,
colorless ethanolamine in industrial quantities has been possible. All the ethanol amine
now be obtained economically in very pure form.

The most important use of ethanolamines is in production of emulsifiers,


detergent raw materials and textile chemicals; in gas purification processes and in cement
production, as milling additives. Monoethanolamine is an important feedstock for the
production of ethylelediamines and ethylenimines.

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