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Trimethylacetaldehyde

Catalog No. A15013 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 630-19-3 Website
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Purity 96% Email
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SYNONYMS

Title
三甲基乙醛
IUPAC name
2,2-dimethylpropanal
IUPAC Traditional name
pivalaldehyde
Synonyms
Pivaldehyde

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 506060
EC Number 211-134-6
MDL Number MFCD00006962
CAS Number 630-19-3

PROPERTIES

Purity 96%
Boiling Point 74-76°C
Density 0.775
Flash Point -15°C(5°F)
Melting Point 6°C
Refractive Index 1.3794
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Hazard statements H225
European Hazard Symbols Flammable Flammable (F)
GHS Precautionary statements P210-P243-P403
Risk Statements 11
Safety Statements 9-16-33
Storage Warning Air Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 3
UN Number UN1989
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Promotes the epoxidation of alkenes with molecular oxygen: Tetrahedron Lett., 33, 6827 (1992).
  • Derivatizing agent for amino acids, forming oxazolidinones as volatile derivatives for GC: Anal. Biochem., 49, 442 (1972); Aust. J. Biol. Sci., 26, 831 (1973).
  • For formation of the fused pyrrolidino-oxazolidinone from L-proline, catalyzed by trifluoroacetic acid, and use of the product in a synthesis of ɑ-branched amino acids, see: Org. Synth.Coll., 9, 626 (1998):
  • For use in the protection of asparagine as a tetrahydropyrimidinone derivative, see: Org. Synth.Coll., 9, 17 (1998). For use of this system in ɑ-alkylation of (S)-asparagine with self-regeneration of the stereogenic center, see: J. Org. Chem., 63, 4706 (1998).
  • The imine formed with ethylamine has been used to convert aryl chlorides to the hindered tertiary amides: N-ethyl-N-(1-methoxy-2,2-dimethylpropyl)benzamides, which can be ortho metallated cleanly at higher temperatures than other amide systems: J. Org. Chem., 60, 8417 (1995).