Product Overview

• Tributylamine is a tertiary aliphatic amine, appearing as a clear, colorless to pale yellow liquid with a characteristic ammoniacal, fishy odor typical of trialkylamines. It is practically insoluble in water but fully miscible with common organic solvents, and its basic nitrogen center makes it a valuable catalyst and reagent across a range of industrial chemical processes. Procorbay International supplies extrapure, 99% Tributylamine, serving as a phase-transfer catalyst, acid scavenger, and corrosion inhibitor component across specialty chemical, pharmaceutical, and industrial processing applications where a reliable, high-purity tertiary amine is required.

• Tributylamine is manufactured through the alkylation of ammonia with n-butanol or butyl halide under controlled catalytic conditions, followed by distillation to achieve the extrapure 99% specification. Procorbay sources Tributylamine from established amine manufacturers with consistent quality control over purity, water content, and color specifications.

• Industrially, Tributylamine is widely used as a catalyst in esterification and other organic synthesis reactions, as a phase-transfer catalyst facilitating reactions between aqueous and organic phases, and as an acid-neutralizing base in various chemical processing operations. It also finds application as a corrosion inhibitor component in metalworking fluids and as an intermediate in the synthesis of quaternary ammonium compounds and specialty surfactants. Given its versatility across catalytic and formulation applications, Procorbay maintains consistent Tributylamine supply for specialty chemical manufacturers and industrial process operators.