Tert-butylamine appears as a clear colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor. Flash point 70°F. Less dense (at 6.2 lb / gal) than water. Vapors heavier than air. Toxic oxides of nitrogen produced during combustion. Tert-butylamine is a primary aliphatic amine that is ethylamine substituted by two methyl groups at position 1. It is a conjugate base of a tert-butylammonium.

1. Used in the synthesis of rubber accelerators, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, etc.
2. In the rubber industry, it is used to manufacture rubber accelerators; in the pharmaceutical industry, for rifampicin; in the pesticide industry, for insecticides and fungicides; in the dye industry, for dye colorants; in the organic chemical industry, as an intermediate for organic synthesis; and in analytical chemistry, as a chemical reagent.
3. tert-Butylamine is an intermediate for the production of diafenthiuron, and also serves as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals, rubber accelerators and dye colorants.
4. t can be used to produce rifampicin, N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazole sulfenamide, tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate, etc.N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazole sulfenamide (Accelerator NS) is produced and consumed in large quantities in the United States, accounting for 40% of the total thiazole-based vulcanizing chemicals (including vulcanizing agents and vulcanization accelerators).Accelerator NS is prepared by oxidative condensation of Accelerator M or DM with tert-butylamine.The domestic production of tert-butylamine has not reached scale, which has restricted the industrial production of Accelerator NS.