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1,1,3,3-Tetramethylguanidine

Catalog No. A12314 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 80-70-6 Website
M. F. C5H13N3 Telephone
M. W. 115.17682 Fax
Purity 99% Email
Storage Chembase ID: 85801

SYNONYMS

Title
1,1,3,3-四甲基胍
IUPAC name
1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine
IUPAC Traditional name
1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine
Synonyms
TMG

DATABASE IDS

MDL Number MFCD00008323
CAS Number 80-70-6
EC Number 201-302-7
Beilstein Number 969608

PROPERTIES

Purity 99%
Boiling Point 162°C
Density 0.918
Flash Point 60°C(140°F)
Melting Point <-30°C
Refractive Index 1.4690
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Hazard statements H301-H314-H318-H226
European Hazard Symbols X
European Hazard Symbols Corrosive Corrosive (C)
GHS Precautionary statements P210-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 22-34
Safety Statements 26-36/37/39-45
Storage Warning Air Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 8
UN Number UN2920
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Strong organic base useful for the formation of organic-soluble salts, and as a basic catalyst, e.g. in Michael addition reactions: J. Org. Chem., 27, 3175 (1962); Tetrahedron Lett., 569 (1973). Preferred catalyst in the Michael addition of aliphatic nitro compounds to unsaturated esters: Synthesis, 44 (1972); 953 (1989); Tetrahedron Lett., 30, 993 (1989).
  • Useful base for formation of TBDMS ethers of alcohols with tert-Butyldimethylchlorosilane, A13064: J. Org. Chem., 49, 4657 (1984).
  • Other uses include: Acylation of amino acids by methyl trifluoroacetate: Synthesis, 399 (1976). Formation of Boc-amino acids with tert-butyl phenyl carbonate: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 203 (1988). Cleavage of peptides from resins: Tetrahedron, 40, 4237 (1984). Selective cleavage of a primary benzyloxycarbonyl (Cbz, Z) group in the presence of either Boc or secondary Cbz: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 1905 (1988). See also 4-Chloromethylpyridine hydrochloride, A12859 and Appendix 6.
  • For use in the Baylis-Hillman reaction, see: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2831 (2001).
  • Inexpensive and efficient ligand for the palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction: Synlett, 1885 (2005).