I-Oleylamine, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-oleylamine, iyi-amine eyinhloko engagcwalisiwe enobude be-carbon chain obungama-athomu angu-18. Le nhlanganisela yezinto eziphilayo iyaziswa ngenxa yemvelo yayo ehambisana ne-amphiphilic kanye nezakhiwo zayo ze-surfactant, okwenza ibe nokuguquguquka ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zezimboni, okuhlanganisa nemithi, amakhemikhali ezolimo, kanye nesayensi yezinto ezibonakalayo.