Word.ws English Dictionary

triethylenediamine

triethylenediamine noun: the chemical compound 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, used as a catalyst, especially in making polyurethanes.

Noun

triethylenediamine (usually uncountable, plural triethylenediamines)

  1. (usually) The chemical compound 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, used as a catalyst, especially in making polyurethanes.

Forms of triethylenediamine

pluraltriethylenediamines

Origin of triethylenediamine

From triethylene + diamine.

Questions about triethylenediamine

What does triethylenediamine mean?
Triethylenediamine means the chemical compound 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, used as a catalyst, especially in making polyurethanes.
What part of speech is triethylenediamine?
Triethylenediamine is a noun.
What is the plural of triethylenediamine?
The plural of triethylenediamine is triethylenediamines.

Words near triethylenediamine in the dictionary

  1. triethylamines
  2. triethylammonium
  3. triethylborane
  4. triethylboron
  5. triethylene
  6. triethylenediamine
  7. triethylenediamines
  8. triethylenemelamine
  9. triethylenetetramine
  10. triethylgallium
  11. triethylsilane

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: triethylenediamine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “triethylenediamine.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/triethylenediamine. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.