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Trimethylboroxine

99%

Synonym(s):

2,4,6-Trimethyl-1,3,5,2,4,6-trioxatriborinane, 2,4,6-Trimethylboroxine, Methaneboronic anhydride, Trimethyl-1,3,5,2,4,6-trioxatriborinane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C3H9B3O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
125.53
Beilstein:
1757008
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.362 (lit.)

bp

78-80 °C (lit.)

mp

−38 °C (lit.)

density

0.898 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cb1ob(C)ob(C)o1

InChI

1S/C3H9B3O3/c1-4-7-5(2)9-6(3)8-4/h1-3H3

InChI key

GBBSAMQTQCPOBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Trimethylboroxine (TMB) is a cyclic anhydride of methyl-boronic acid. It can be been used:
  • As a derivatizing agent for gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis.
  • In the preparation of methylaluminoxane (MAO) which is used in the polymerization of olefins.
  • As an electrolyte additive to enhance the interface stability of electrode/electrolyte.
  • In methylation of aryl halides by palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.
  • In the preparation of CBS (Corey, Bakshi and Shibata) catalysts for asymmetric reductions of ketones to alcohols.

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Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

15.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

-9 °C - closed cup

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 14, 2115-2118 (2003)
Reactivity of metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization: influence of activator nature and structure
Pedeutour JN
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 22(14), 1095-1123 (2001)
Enhanced high voltage performances of layered lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide cathode by using trimethylboroxine as electrolyte additive
Yu Q, et al.
Electrochimica Acta, 176(14), 919-925 (2015)
Zoltán Dalicsek et al.
Organic letters, 7(15), 3243-3246 (2005-07-16)
[reaction: see text]. An operationally simple and recoverable fluorous CBS methodology was developed. The in situ-generated fluorous oxazaborolidine efficiently catalyzed the reduction of ketones with high enantioselectivity and reactivity. The subsequent recycling of the fluorous prolinol precatalyst was achieved by
Practical methylation of aryl halides by Suzuki-Miyaura coupling.
Gray M, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 41(32), 6237-6240 (2000)

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