Substance

ID:717448

Trimethylacetaldehyde

Names and Identifiers
IUPAC Traditional name
pivalaldehyde
IUPAC name
2,2-dimethylpropanal
Synonyms
Pivaldehyde三甲基乙醛Trimethylacetaldehyde
Registration numbers
MDL Number
CAS Number
Beilstein Number
EC Number
Properties
Physical Property
Boiling Point
74-76°C
Flash Point
-15°C(5°F)
Density
0.775
Melting Point
6°C
Refractive Index
1.3794
Safety Information
Storage Warning
Air Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Packing Group
II
GHS Pictograms
GHS02
Flammable gases, category 1
Flammable aerosols, categories 1,2
Flammable liquids, categories 1,2,3
Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types B,C,D,E,F
Pyrophoric liquids, category 1
Pyrophoric solids, category 1
Self-heating substances and mixtures
Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases, categories 1,2,3
Organic peroxides, Types B,C,D,E,F
European Hazard Symbols
Flammable Flammable (F)
GHS Hazard statements
H225
GHS Precautionary statements
P210-P243-P403
Safety Statements
9-16-33
UN Number
UN1989
Risk Statements
11
Hazard Class
3
Product Information
Purity
96%
Molecule Details
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Molecular Spectra
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References
• Promotes the epoxidation of alkenes with molecular oxygen: Tetrahedron Lett., 33, 6827 (1992).
• 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).
• 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).