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Potassium tert-butylate

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Synonym(s):

Potassium tert-butylate

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3COK
CAS Number:
865-47-4
Molecular Weight:
112.21
UNSPSC Code:
12352107
EC Index Number:
212-740-3
NACRES:
NA.22
MDL number:
MFCD00012162
Assay:
≥98.0% (acidimetric)
Grade:
synthesis grade
Form:
powder
Solubility:
water: soluble (Hydrolysis, (rigorous decomposition))
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Quality Level

200

grade

synthesis grade

vapor pressure

0.02 hPa ( 20 °C)

assay

≥98.0% (acidimetric)

form

powder

autoignition temp.

483 °C

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pH

13 (20 °C, 5 g/L in H2O, Hydrolysis)

mp

256-258 °C

solubility

water: soluble (Hydrolysis, (rigorous decomposition))

density

1.19 g/cm3 at 20 °C

bulk density

500 kg/m3

greener alternative category

Aligned

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

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

InChI

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

InChI key

LPNYRYFBWFDTMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Potassium tert-butylate (Potassium tert-Butoxide) is a strong, non-nucleophilic alkoxide base in organic chemistry. Potassium tert-butoxide catalyzes the reaction of hydro silanes and heterocyclic compounds to generate the silyl derivatives. It is used to catalyze the Michael addition reaction, Ramberg-Baecklund reaction, Pinacol rearrangement.

Application

Potassium tert-butylate is used to catalyzes the Michael addition reaction.

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Analysis Note

Assay (acidimetric): ≥ 98,0 %(m)
Free KOH: ≤ 1 %(m)
Identity (IR): conforms

Hazard Classifications

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

pictograms

FlameCorrosion
GHS02,GHS05

signalword

Danger

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Synthesis of N-substituted quaternary carbon centers through KO t-Bu-catalyzed aza-Michael addition of pyrazoles to cyclic enones
Yoon S, et al.
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Anton A Toutov et al.
Nature, 518(7537), 80-84 (2015-02-06)
Heteroaromatic compounds containing carbon-silicon (C-Si) bonds are of great interest in the fields of organic electronics and photonics, drug discovery, nuclear medicine and complex molecule synthesis, because these compounds have very useful physicochemical properties. Many of the methods now used

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804918250004022536779881
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