1555. tert-Butyl Bromide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 507-19-7
2-Bromo-2-methylpropane; 2-bromoisobutane; trimethylbromomethane.
C4H9Br; mol wt 137.02.
C 35.06%, H 6.62%, Br 58.32%.

Description and references

Prepn: Brunel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 39, 1978 (1917); Bryce-Smith, Howlett, J. Chem. Soc. 1951, 1141; Coe et al., ibid. 1954, 2281.

Chemical structure

Properties

Colorless liquid. d425 1.2125. bp 73.3°. mp -16.3°. At 210° changes to isobutyl bromide. nD25 1.4249. Insol in water. Miscible with organic solvents.