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| Name = ''tert''-Butyl chloride
 
| ImageFileL1 = Tert-butyl-chloride-2D-skeletal.png
 
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| IUPACName = 2-chloro-2-methylpropane
 
| IUPACName = 2-chloro-2-methylpropane
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| OtherNames = 1,1-dimethylethyl chloride<br>1-chloro-1,1-dimethylethane<br>2-chloroisobutane<br>2-methyl-2-chloropropane<br>chlorotrimethylmethane<br>trimethylchloromethane<br>t-butyl chloride<br>tert-butyl chloride<br>t-BuCl<br>UN 1127
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|   OtherNames = 1,1-dimethylethyl chloride<br/>1-chloro-1,1-dimethylethane<br/>chlorotrimethylmethane<br/>trimethylchloromethane<br/>''t''-butyl chloride
 
| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers
 
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|  InChI = 1/C4H9Cl/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
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|  StdInChI = 1S/C4H9Cl/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
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|  InChIKey = NBRKLOOSMBRFMH-UHFFFAOYAL
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|  StdInChIKey = NBRKLOOSMBRFMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 
|  CASNo = 507-20-0
 
|  CASNo = 507-20-0
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|  EINECS = 208-066-4
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|  EC-number = 208-066-4
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|  ChemSpiderID = 10054
 
|  PubChem = 10486
 
|  PubChem = 10486
 
|  SMILES = CC(C)(C)Cl
 
|  SMILES = CC(C)(C)Cl
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|  InChI = 1/C4H9Cl/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
 
 
|  RTECS = TX5040000
 
|  RTECS = TX5040000
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|  UN-number = 1127
 
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|  MolarMass = 92.57 g/mol
 
|  MolarMass = 92.57 g/mol
 
|  Appearance = Colorless liquid
 
|  Appearance = Colorless liquid
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|  Density = 0.84 g cm<sup>−3</sup>
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|  Density = 0.84 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
 
|  MeltingPt = −26 °C
 
|  MeltingPt = −26 °C
 
|  BoilingPt = 51 °C
 
|  BoilingPt = 51 °C
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|  Solubility = Sparingly sol in water, miscible with alcohol and ether
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|  Solubility = sparingly soluble
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|  Solubility1 = miscible
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|    Solvent1 = [[ethanol]]
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|  Solubility2 = miscible
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|    Solvent2 = [[Diethyl ether|Et<sub>2</sub>O]]
 
|  VaporPressure = 34.9 kPa (20 °C)
 
|  VaporPressure = 34.9 kPa (20 °C)
 
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|  EUClass = Flammable ('''F''')
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|  ExternalMSDS = [http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CH/2-chloro-2-methylpropane.html External MSDS]
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|  FlashPt = −9 °C (open cup)<br>−23 °C (closed cup)
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|  FlashPt = −23 °C (−9 ºF)
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|  Autoignition = 540 °C
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|  Autoignition = 540 °C (1004 ºF)
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|  NFPA-H = 2
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Isobutane]]
 
* [[Isobutane]]
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== External links ==
 
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* [http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CH/2-chloro-2-methylpropane.html Safety MSDS data]
 
 
* [http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/lab_manuals/c10expt20.html Preparation 2-chloro-2-methylpropane]
 
* [http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/lab_manuals/c10expt20.html Preparation 2-chloro-2-methylpropane]
 
* [http://www.cerlabs.com/experiments/10875407331.pdf http://www.cerlabs.com/experiments/10875407331.pdf]
 
* [http://www.cerlabs.com/experiments/10875407331.pdf http://www.cerlabs.com/experiments/10875407331.pdf]

Revision as of 12:00, 23 August 2009

tert-Butyl chloride
Tert-butyl-chloride-2D-skeletal.png
Tert-butyl-chloride-3D-balls.png
IUPAC name 2-chloro-2-methylpropane
Other names 1,1-dimethylethyl chloride
1-chloro-1,1-dimethylethane
chlorotrimethylmethane
trimethylchloromethane
t-butyl chloride
Identifiers
InChI InChI=1/C4H9Cl/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
InChIKey NBRKLOOSMBRFMH-UHFFFAOYAL
Standard InChI InChI=1S/C4H9Cl/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
Standard InChIKey NBRKLOOSMBRFMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number [507-20-0]
EC number 208-066-4
UN number 1127
RTECS TX5040000
ChemSpider 10054
PubChem 10486
SMILES
Properties
Chemical formula C4H9Cl
Molar mass 92.57 g/mol
Appearance Colorless liquid
Density 0.84 g/cm3
Melting point

−26 °C

Boiling point

51 °C

Solubility in water sparingly soluble
Solubility in [[ethanol]] miscible
Solubility in [[Et2O]] miscible
Vapor pressure 34.9 kPa (20 °C)
Hazards
Material safety data sheet (MSDS) External MSDS
EU index number not listed
Flash point −23 °C (−9 ºF)
Autoignition temp. 540 °C (1004 ºF)
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

tert-Butyl chloride is a colorless, liquid organic compound at room temperature. It is sparingly soluble in water, with a tendency to undergo spontaneous solvolysis when dissolved into it. The compound is flammable and volatile, and its main use is as a starting molecule to carry out nucleophilic substitution reactions, to produce different substances, ranging from alcohols to alkoxide salts.

When tert-butyl chloride is dissolved in water, a polar and protic solvent, the bulky chloride substituent is carried away by it, and isolated from the aliphatic chain, causing an heterolitic rupture of the compound, giving rise to a carbocation which eventually becomes a tertiary alcohol after a water molecule reacts with it, releasing hydrochloric acid as the final product. If a different, stronger nucleophilic agent is present at the moment of reaction, reaction product may not be an alcohol, but a tertiary carbon with the nucleophile as a substituent.

Synthesis

tert-Butyl chloride can be synthesized in the laboratory by the SN1 reaction of tert-Butanol with concentrated hydrochloric acid, as shown below.

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
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The acid protonates the alcohol, forming a good leaving group (water).
Water leaves the protonated t-BuOH, forming a relatively stable tertiary carbocation.
The chloride ion attacks the carbocation, forming t-BuCl.

The overall reaction, therefore, is:

0-SN1-tBuOH-to-tBuCl-2D-skeletal.png

Because tert-butanol is a tertiary alcohol, the relative stability of the tert-butyl carbocation in the Step 2 allows the SN1 mechanism to be followed, whereas a primary alcohol would follow an SN2 mechanism.

See also

References

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