2,6-dimethylaniline

Term ID

CHEBI:28738

Synonyms

1-amino-2,6-dimethylbenzene
2,6-dimethylaniline
2,6-dimethylbenzenamine
2,6-dimethylphenylamine
2,6-DMA
2,6-Xylidine
2,6-xylylamine
2-amino-1,3-dimethylbenzene
2-amino-1,3-xylene
2-amino-m-xylene
o-xylidine
vic-m-xylidine

Definition

A primary arylamine that is aniline in which the hydrogens at the 2- and 6-positions are replaced by methyl groups. It is used in the production of some anasthetics and other chemicals. It is a drug metabolite of lidocaine (local anasthetic).

References

Beilstein:636332
CAS:87-62-7
HMDB:HMDB0060677
KEGG:C11004
PMID:11765029
PMID:18490435
PMID:8374321
Reaxys:636332
Wikipedia:2,6-Xylidine

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Resources

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Relationships

is a type of: dimethylaniline primary arylamine

dimethylaniline primary arylamine Show first 5 Terms
has_role: carcinogenic agent drug metabolite

carcinogenic agent drug metabolite Show first 5 Terms
inverse has_functional_parent: N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N(2)-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)glycinamide

N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N(2)-(3,5-dimethylphenyl)glycinamide Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from 2,6-dimethylaniline

Phenotype where environments contain 2,6-dimethylaniline

Phenotype modified by environments containing 2,6-dimethylaniline

Human Disease / Model Data

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