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86912

Tetrabutylammonium iodide

≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

TBAI

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2CH2CH2)4N(I)
CAS Number:
311-28-4
Molecular Weight:
369.37
UNSPSC Code:
26111700
NACRES:
NB.61
PubChem Substance ID:
329769351
EC Number:
206-220-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3916152
MDL number:
MFCD00011636

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assay

≥99.0% (AT), ≥99.0%

mp

141-143 °C (lit.), 144-146 °C

solubility

acetonitrile: 0.1 g/mL, clear, colorless

SMILES string

[I-].CCCC[N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC

InChI

1S/C16H36N.HI/c1-5-9-13-17(14-10-6-2,15-11-7-3)16-12-8-4;/h5-16H2,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

DPKBAXPHAYBPRL-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Tetrabutylammonium iodide (TBAI) is a quaternary ammonium salt, mainly used as electrolyte.
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Application

TBAI has been used as an electrolyte to study its ion-solvent interaction in acetonitrile solution using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.

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GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Ion- Solvent Interactions in Acetonitrile Solutions of Lithium Iodide and Tetrabutylammonium Iodide.
Mollner, Andrew K., et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108.16, 3344-3349 (2004)
Chao Zhong et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 94(1), 38-45 (2013-04-03)
In this article, a novel and high efficient solvent, tetra-n-Butylammonium Hydroxide (TBAH), was used for dissolution and isolation of straw cellulose from wheat straw. The composition analysis with gas chromatography (GC) and the spectroscopic characterization analysis conducted by X-Ray diffraction
Noelia Luque et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1248, 74-83 (2012-06-26)
The suitability of a mixed-mode sorbent made up of admicelles of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and tetrabutylammonium (TBA) to extract and preserve pesticides from river and underground water was assessed. Pesticides belonging to different structural groups (i.e. triazines, carbamates, phenylureas
Zhenfeng He et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 41(33), 10043-10051 (2012-05-29)
A new kind of organic-inorganic hybrid complexes based on polyoxometalate were synthesized through symmetrically grafting two adeninyl groups onto Anderson-type MnMo(6) clusters and encapsulating the clusters by organic surfactants. The resultant complexes exhibited thermal-induced dynamic self-assembly behaviors which greatly depended
David J Posson et al.
Nature structural & molecular biology, 20(2), 159-166 (2012-12-25)
Understanding how ion channels open and close their pores is crucial for comprehending their physiological roles. We used intracellular quaternary ammonium blockers, electrophysiology and X-ray crystallography to locate the voltage-dependent gate in MthK potassium channels from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Blockers bind
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