4,4-Diaminodicyclohexylmethane
4,4-Diaminodicyclohexylmethane is the name for organic compounds with the formula CH22. It is classified as a diamine. In the epoxy industry it is often referred to as PACM, short for para-diaminodicyclohexylmethane. It is used as a curing agent for epoxy resins and to produce diisocyanates, which are precursors to polyurethane. The mixture is a colorless solid, but typical samples are yellowish and oily. The compound is produced as a mixture of three isomers by the hydrogenation of methylenedianiline. These isomers are, in decreasing order of their yield from the hydrogenation, trans-trans, cis-trans, and a small amount of cis-cis.Safety
It is an alkaline skin irritant. At 300 – 1000 mg/kg, the is low. It does not exhibit mutagenic properties.
