Production
UDMH is produced industrially by two routes. One, based on the Raschig process, involves reaction of chloramine with dimethylamine. This method gives the hydrochloride of the hydrazine:
- (CH3)2NH + NH2Cl → (CH3)2NNH2HCl
Alternatively, acetylhydrazine can be N-methylated using formaldehyde to give the N,N-dimethyl-N'-acetylhydrzine, which can subsequently be hydrolyzed:
- (CH3C(O)NHNH2 + 2 CH2O + 2 H2 → (CH3C(O)NHN(CH3)2 + 2 H2O
- (CH3C(O)NHN(CH3)2 + H2O → (CH3CO2H + H2NN(CH3)2
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