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tert-Butyl alcohol is used as a solvent, ethanol denaturant, paint remover ingredient, and gasoline octane booster and oxygenate.It is a chemical intermediate used to produce methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) by reaction with methanol and ethanol, respectively, and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) by reaction with hydrogen peroxide.
1-Butanol, also known as butan-1-ol or n-butanol, is a primary alcohol with the chemical formula C 4 H 9 OH and a linear structure. Isomers of 1-butanol are isobutanol, butan-2-ol and tert-butanol. The unmodified term butanol usually refers to the straight chain isomer.
Butanol (also called butyl alcohol) is a four-carbon alcohol with a formula of C 4 H 9 O H, which occurs in five isomeric structures (four structural isomers), from a straight-chain primary alcohol to a branched-chain tertiary alcohol; [1] all are a butyl or isobutyl group linked to a hydroxyl group (sometimes represented as BuOH, sec-BuOH, i-BuOH, and t-BuOH).
1-Propanol, 1-propyl alcohol, PrOH Primary 71-23-8 2-(1H-Indol-3-yl)ethanol Tryptophol: Primary 526-55-6 2-Methylbutan-1-ol: 2-Methyl-1-butanol (2M1B) Secondary 137-32-6 2-methylpropan-1-ol: 2-Methyl-1-propanol (2M1P), Isobutanol Primary 78-83-1 2-Methylbutan-2-ol: 2-Methyl-2-butanol (2M2B), tert-Amyl alcohol (TAA, tert-amylol) Tertiary 75-85-4
Sodium tert-butoxide (or sodium t-butoxide) is a chemical compound with the formula (CH 3) 3 CONa (abbr. NaOtBu). [2] It is a strong, non-nucleophilic base . It is flammable and moisture sensitive.
tert-butyl hydroperoxide is potentially dangerous, but explosions are rare. [3]A solution of tert-butyl hydroperoxide and water with a concentration of greater than 90% is forbidden to be shipped according to US Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Table 49 CFR 172.101.
Like other butanols, butan-2-ol has low acute toxicity. The LD 50 is 4400 mg/kg (rat, oral). [6]Several explosions have been reported [7] [8] [9] during the conventional distillation of 2-butanol, apparently due to the buildup of peroxides with the boiling point higher than that of pure alcohol (and therefore concentrating in the still pot during distillation).
tert-Butyl alcohol and isobutyl alcohol can also be used in place of isobutene. Globally, several million kilograms are produced annually. [1] Pivalic acid is also economically recovered as a byproduct from the production of semisynthetic penicillins like ampicillin and amoxycillin.