Hexamethylenediamine formally hexane 1 6 diamine is a colorless low melting solid with an important industrial use It and adipic acid Molecule of the Week for February 9 2015 are the starting materials for manufacturing nylon 6 6 a polyamide used widely in textiles and plastics.

Hexamethylenediamine or hexane-1,6-diamine, is the organic compound with the formula H2N(CH2)6NH2. The molecule is a diamine, consisting of a hexamethylene hydrocarbon chain terminated with amine functional groups. The colorless solid (yellowish for some commercial samples) has a strong amine odor. 

The colorless solid (yellowish for some commercial samples) has a strong amine odor.