Ethylamine

Ethylamine, $NH\_2C\_2H\_5$, is a substance resembling ordinary ammonia in its odour and many of its properties. It is found in coal-tar, in the oil obtained during the destructive distillation of bones, in the gases evolved during putrefaction, and may be produced by complicated chemical processes. It has been called an artificial alkaloid (see ALKALOID), as being ammonia in which one atom of hydrogen is replaced by the group Ethyl.