398195

Lithium tert-butoxide solution

1.0 M in THF

• Synonym(s): tert-Butoxylithium, Lithium 2-methylpropan-2-olate, Lithium t-butoxide, Lithium tert-butylate, Lithium salt of tert-Butyl alcohol
• Linear Formula: (CH₃)₃COLi
• CAS Number: 1907-33-1
• Molecular Weight: 80.05
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 3620018
• MDL number: MFCD00050479
• UNSPSC Code: 12352300
• PubChem Substance ID: 24864726
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• form: liquid
• concentration: 1.0 M in THF
• bp: 67 °C
• density: 0.888 g/mL at 25 °C
• SMILES string: [Li+].CC(C)(C)[O-]
• InChI: 1S/C4H9O.Li/c1-4(2,3)5;/h1-3H3;/q-1;+1
• InChI key: LZWQNOHZMQIFBX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

Lithium tert-butoxide solution is generally used as a strong base in organic synthesis.
It can be used:

• For the synthesis of lithium modified silica nano-particles for conductive gel electrolytes.
• As a catalyst for ring-opening polymerization of lactides.
• As a lithium precursor for the synthesis of LiV₃O₈ nanoparticles by flame spray pyrolysis.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS08,GHS05,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H225,H251,H302,H314,H335,H336,H351
• pcodes: P210 - P235 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Self-heat. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3
• target_organs: Central nervous system, Respiratory system
• supp_hazards: EUH019
• Storage Class: 4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: -2.2 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: -19 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter