2-IODO-2-METHYLPROPANE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

−38 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

99-100 °C(lit.)

Density 

1.544 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.491(lit.)

Flash point:

46 °F

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Miscible with ethanol and ether.

form 

clear liquid to cloudy liquid

color 

Colorless to Light yellow to Light orange

Sensitive 

Light Sensitive

BRN 

505950

Dielectric constant

8.4199999999999999

Stability:

Stable, but may discolour upon exposure to light. Highly flammable. Incompatible with strong bases, strong oxidizing agents.

CAS DataBase Reference

558-17-8(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Propane, 2-iodo-2-methyl- (558-17-8)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

F,Xi

Risk Statements 

11-36/37/38-53

Safety Statements 

16-26-36

RIDADR 

UN 2391 3/PG 2

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

TZ4251000

F 

8-10-23

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

3

PackingGroup 

II

HS Code 

29033990

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2-IODO-2-METHYLPROPANE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

deep brown liquid

Uses

2-Iodo-2-methylpropane is used as a chemical reagent in organic synthesis. Further, it serves as a pharmaceutical intermediate.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 36, p. 609, 1995 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(94)02315-3

General Description

2-Iodo-2-methylpropane was degraded by reductive dehalogenation with nickel-aluminum alloy in potassium hydroxide solution.

Purification Methods

Vacuum distillation has been used to obtain a distillate which remained colourless for several weeks at -5o. More extensive treatment has been used by Boggs, Thompson and Crain [J Phys Chem 61 625 1957] who washed with aqueous NaHSO3 solution to remove free iodine, dried this for 1hour over Na2SO3 at 0o, and purified it by four or five successive partial freezings of the liquid to obtain colourless material and was stored at -78o with Ag wool. [Beilstein 1 IV 300.]

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