We investigated the solubility of CO 2 in aqueous solutions of alkanolamines at 40C and 120C over CO 2 partial pressures ranging from a few kPa to 100 kPa to evaluate the potential for CO 2 capture from flue gas. CO 2 capacities were compared between monoethanolamine, N-ethyl ethanolamine and N-isopropyl ethanolamine. Speciation analyses were conducted in the alkanolamine solutions at different CO 2 loadings by accurate quantitative 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. N-isopropyl ethanolamine showed a large capacity for CO 2 because of the formation of bicarbonate. However, we also found that at a lower CO 2 loading a significant amount of carbamate was present in the aqueous N-isopropyl ethanolamine solutions.