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Potassium tert-butoxide

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reagent grade, ≥98%

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Synonym(s):
Potassium tert-butylate, Potassium t-butoxide
Linear Formula:
(CH3)3COK
CAS Number:
865-47-4
Molecular Weight:
112.21
Beilstein:
3556712
EC Number:
212-740-3
MDL number:
MFCD00012162
PubChem Substance ID:
24849626
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 220 °C)

Assay

≥98%

form

solid

greener alternative product characteristics

Catalysis
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mp

256-258 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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Aligned,

SMILES string

[K+].CC(C)(C)[O-]

InChI

1S/C4H9O.K/c1-4(2,3)5;/h1-3H3;/q-1;+1

InChI key

LPNYRYFBWFDTMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

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Application

Potassium tert-butoxide has been used as a strong base in the enantioselective synthesis of amines by transfer hydrogenation of N-(tertbutylsulfinyl)imines.
It can also be used:
  • To synthesize aliphatic and aromatic amides from corresponding esters and amines.
  • As a base in the intramolecular cyclization of aryl ethers, amines, and amides.
  • As a catalyst to prepare styrene derivatives from aryl halides and alkenes by Mizoroki-Heck reaction.

Used for greener amidation of esters.

tert-Butoxide-Assisted Amidation of Esters under Green Conditions

Potassium tert-butoxide may be used as a base in the intramolecular cyclization of iodo arene to afford benzopyran via microwave method of synthesis.

Pictograms

FlameCorrosion
GHS02,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H228 - H252 - H260 - H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Sol. 1 - Self-heat. 2 - Skin Corr. 1A - Water-react 1

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

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tert-Butoxide-assisted amidation of esters under green conditions
Kim Bo Ram, et al.
Synthesis, 44(01), 42-50 (2012)
"Potassium tert-Butoxide Promoted Intramolecular Arylation via a Radical Pathway"
Roman SD, et al.
Organic Letters, 13(12), 3242-3245 (2011)
Synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched amines by asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of N-(tert-butylsulfinyl) imines
Guijarro D, et al.
Organic Syntheses (2013)
Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction mediated by potassium tert-butoxide
Shirakawa E, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 123(20), 4767-4770 (2011)
Wen-Sen He et al.
Bioresource technology, 114, 1-5 (2012-04-03)
The effects of solvents with different log P values, and of lipases on the synthesis of water-soluble plant stanol derivatives were investigated. Results showed that conversion in solvents with log P<0.37 was mainly controlled by the hydrophobicity of the solvent
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