Definition of "triethylamine" [tri•eth•yl•am•ine]

• The tertiary amine (CH3-CH2)3N, having many industrial uses. (noun)

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• "Brown-egg breeds are unable to metabolize an odorless component of rapeseed and soy meals (choline), and their intestinal microbes then transform it into a fishy-tasting molecule (triethylamine) that ends up in the eggs."
• "NITROMETHANE LIQUID EXPLOSIVES Materials: nitromethane - available from chemical supply stores aniline, household ammonia (from glass cleaners), ethylenediamine, or triethylamine beaker, or measuring cup scale Procedure:"
• "'The results showed,' he adds, 'at least 30 VOCs in the air were exceeding safe levels at two locations with chloroform, acrylonitrile, 1, 2-dichlo-roethane (methylene chloride) and triethylamine being much higher than safe levels.'"