The molecule is a aminodiol that is diethanolamine in which the amino hydrogen has been replaced by an ethyl group. It is a metabolite of nitrogen mustards. It has a role as a human urinary metabolite, a human xenobiotic metabolite and a rat metabolite. It is an aminodiol, a tertiary amino compound and a primary alcohol. It derives from an ethanolamine.
2-[ethyl(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethanol