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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:
865-47-4
Molecular Weight:
112.21
Beilstein:
3556712
EC Number:
212-740-3
MDL number:
MFCD00012162
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
24884165
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
GHS02,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H228,H252,H314

Hazard Classifications

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

Supplementary Hazards

EUH014

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
Hajime Ito et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(64), 8006-8008 (2012-07-10)
The regio- and diastereoselective silaboration of aromatic alkenes with a silylboron compound proceeds in the presence of a catalytic amount of potassium tert-butoxide, providing a complementary method to the corresponding transition metal-catalyzed reactions.
Aurélie Mallinger et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 74(3), 1124-1129 (2008-12-24)
3-Aryltetronic acids were prepared in one step by treatment of a mixture of methyl arylacetates and methyl hydroxyacetates with potassium tert-butoxide, via tandem transesterification/Dieckmann condensation. Several mushroom or lichen pigments, vulpinic acids, were synthesized from 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)tetronic acid in three steps
Scott E Denmark et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 12(19), 4954-4963 (2006-05-04)
This paper chronicles the conceptual development, proof of principle experiments, and recent advances in the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of the conjugate bases of organosilanols. The discovery that led to the design and refinement of this process represents a classical illustration
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