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Potassium tert-butoxide

sublimed grade, 99.99% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Potassium tert-butylate, Potassium t-butoxide

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3COK
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
112.21
Beilstein:
3556712
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

grade

sublimed grade

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 220 °C)

Assay

99.99% trace metals basis

form

solid

reaction suitability

core: potassium

mp

256-258 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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

Potassium tert-butoxide is a strong alkoxide base, it can deprotonate carbon and other Brφnsted acids. It is a relatively poor nucleophile.
Total impurities: may contain up to 5,000 ppm Sodium

Application

Mizoroki-Heck-Type reactions are mediated by potassium tert-butoxide. potassium tert-butoxide can commence the anionic polymerization of carbazolyl-substituted oxiranes.

Pictograms

FlameCorrosion

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

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

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

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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Anionic polymerization of carbazolyl-substituted oxiranes initiated by potassium alkalide, potassium tert-butoxide and potassium hydride.
Buika G, et al.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 196(4), 1287-1293 (1995)
Einav Amit et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 26(57), 13046-13052 (2020-04-29)
N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have emerged as a unique molecular platform for the formation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on various surfaces. However, active carbene formation requires deprotonation of imidazolium salt precursors, which is mostly facilitated by exposure of the salt to
Eiji Tayama et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 6(20), 3673-3680 (2008-10-10)
The Stevens rearrangement of N-allylic alpha-aryl amino acid-derived ammonium salts and the Sommelet-Hauser rearrangement of N-benzylic alpha-alkyl amino acid-derived ammonium salts are shown to proceed with remarkably high levels of diastereoselectivity. The methods presented in this work provide new routes
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
E Crespo-Corral et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1209(1-2), 22-28 (2008-10-01)
The usefulness of the potassium tert-butoxide/dimethyl sulphoxide/ethyl iodide reaction with carbamate and phenylurea herbicides, and its application to phenoxy acids as a way to prevent hazards and toxicity of the sodium hydride/dimethyl sulphoxide/methyl iodide reaction was studied. Using factorial design

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