3033. Di-tert-butyl Ether
Nomenclature
CAS number: 6163-66-2
2-(1,1-Dimethylethoxy)-2-methylpropane; 2,2′-oxybis[2-methylpropane]. C8H18O; mol wt 130.23.
C 73.78%, H 13.93%, O 12.29%.
Description and references
Prepn: R. J. Moore, G. J. O'Donnell, GB 652809 (1951 to Bataafsche Petrol.); C.A. 46, 1023d (1952). Synthesis from t-butyl chloride and silver carbonate: J. Erickson, W. M. Ashton, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 63, 1769 (1941); from t-butyl perbenzoates and Grignard reagents: S. O. Lawesson, N. C. Yang, ibid. 81, 4230 (1959); by alkylation of t-butyl alcohol with trimethylcarbenium fluoroantimonate: G. A. Olah et al., Synthesis 1975, 315; from lithium tert-butoxide with aromatic sulfonyl chlorides: H. Masada et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 1979, 1315.
