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tert-Butyl isocyanide

98%

Synonym(s):

1,1-Dimethylethyl isocyanide, 1-tert-Butylisonitrile, 2-Isocyano-2-methylpropane, t-Butylisonitrile, tert-Butylisonitrile

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3CNC
CAS Number:
7188-38-7
Molecular Weight:
83.13
Beilstein:
1903156
EC Number:
230-553-5
MDL number:
MFCD00000002
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24855763
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.376 (lit.)

bp

91 °C (lit.)

density

0.735 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(C)(C)[N+]#[C-]

InChI

1S/C5H9N/c1-5(2,3)6-4/h1-3H3

InChI key

FAGLEPBREOXSAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Carbon dative bond formation by tert-butyl isocyanide on the germanium (100) surface has been reported. It also forms complexes with metals and inserts into metal-carbon bonds to form iminoacyls.

Application

tert-Butyl isocyanide was used in the synthesis of coumarines, 4H-chromenes and isoxazolines. It was also used to trap 2-cyclopropylidene-1,3-diones.

Pictograms

FlameSkull and crossbones
GHS02,GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H225,H330

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

28.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

-2 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 1 petroleums
Hazardous rank II
Water insoluble liquid

JAN Code

260630-BULK:
260630-VAR:
260630-250MG:
260630-1G:
260630-5G:

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Graham A Bowmaker et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), (13)(13), 1710-1720 (2008-03-21)
Single-crystal structural characterizations confirm the existence of the unusual 1 : 4 copper(I) halide : unidentate ligand adducts [Cu(CNt-Bu)4]X for X = Cl, Br (two forms), I (the chloride and one form of the bromide being solvated) with crystal packing
Habib Nasri et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 43(9), 2932-2942 (2004-04-27)
The addition of the strongly pi-bonding ligands CO or tert-butyl isocyanide to the low-spin five-coordinate iron(II) nitrite species [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)]- (TpivPP = picket fence porphyrin) gives two new six-coordinate species [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(CO)]- and [Fe(TpivPP)(NO2)(t-BuNC)]-. These species have been characterized by single-crystal structure
Synthesis of coumarines and 4H-chromenes through the reaction of tert-butyl isocyanide and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in presence of 2-hydroxybenzaldehydes.
Yavari I, et al.
Synthesis, 5, 679-682 (2004)
D Bandyopadhyay et al.
Biochemistry, 35(5), 1500-1505 (1996-02-06)
The kinetics of tert-butyl isocyanide binding to the heme protein horseradish peroxidase (HRP) at 22 degrees C was examined on all time scales, from minutes to picoseconds, in aqueous borate buffer at pH 9.08. Unlike myoglobin (Mb) or hemoglobin, HRP
Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 189-189 (1987)
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