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( Trimethylamine N-oxide)
220–222 °C (hydrate 96 °C) Treatment of aqueous trimethylamine with hydrogen peroxide affords the dihydrate (Me = CH3)[1] Trimethylamine-N-oxide is biosynthesized from from trimethylamine, which is derived from choline.[2] Trimethylamine oxide is used in protein folding experiments to counteract the unfolding effects of urea. [5]
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