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. 2010 Apr 27;2(2):136–158. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics2020136

Table 1.

Thermal parameters and solubility in water of the salt forms obtained from water.

Aliphatic base Acronym
B. p. (free base) (°C) MW of the salt (anhydrous) Tpeak of the salt melting
(°C)
ΔHm (Kcal.mol-1) ΔS
m(cal.mol-1·K-1)
Solubility
(mM)
1 Mono-ethanolamine MEA 169 357.23 101* 2.6 7.0 26.5
2 Di-ethanolamine DEA 269 401.29 130 6.8 16.8 45.0
3 Tri-ethanolamine TEA 360 445.34 138 15.8 38.4 7.6
4 Tris-methylol aminomethane TRIS 220 418.15 209 15.3 31.8 3.5
5 Methyl-monoethanolamine MeMEA 156 372.15 78 1.1 3.1 25.4
6 Dimethyl-monoethanolamine diMeMEA 135 385.29 111 * * 54.4
7 Ethyl-monoethanolamine EtMEA 170 385.29 97 2.7 7.3 33.8
8 Diethyl-monoethanolamine diEtMEA 161 413.34 113 7.7 19.9 36.0
9 Methyl-diethanolamine MeDEA 248 415.31 102 7.2 19.2 33.3
10 Ethyl-diethanolamine EtDEA 246 430.15 76 6.6 18.9 25.2

* see Figure 9: the area surface of the first peak cannot be reliably obtained.