1562. tert-Butyl Chloride

Nomenclature

CAS number: 507-20-0
2-Chloro-2-methylpropane; 2-chloroisobutane; trimethylchloromethane.
C4H9Cl; mol wt 92.57.
C 51.90%, H 9.80%, Cl 38.30%.

Description and references

Prepd by shaking tert-butyl alcohol with concd HCl and distilling: Norris, Olmsted, Org. Synth. 8, 50 (1928). Prepn from tert-butyl alcohol and PCl3: Gerrard et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 1920.

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid. d415 0.847. nD18 1.38686. mp -26.5°. bp760 51.0°; bp400 32.6°; bp200 14.6°; bp100 -1.0°; bp60 -11.4°; bp40 -19.0°. Sparingly sol in water, miscible with alcohol and ether. Boiling with water yields tert-butyl alcohol.