TERT-BUTYL ISOCYANIDE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

148-150 °C

Boiling point:

91 °C(lit.)

Density 

0.735 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.376(lit.)

Flash point:

-2 °C

storage temp. 

Flammables area

solubility 

Soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, methanol, ether, toluene and dichloromethane.

form 

liquid

Specific Gravity

0.735

color 

colorless

BRN 

1903156

Stability:

store cold

CAS DataBase Reference

7188-38-7(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

F,T

Risk Statements 

11-23-2017/11/23

Safety Statements 

16-45

RIDADR 

UN 1993 3/PG 2

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

EQ7102500

HazardClass 

3

PackingGroup 

II

HS Code 

29299090

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TERT-BUTYL ISOCYANIDE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

clear colorless liquid

Preparation

CAUTION: Use a well-ventilated hood and observe all precautions when using hydrogen cyanide.
To a 1-1, stainless steel Hoke pressure cylinder in a well-ventilated hood is added 196 gm (3.5 moles) of isobutene, 95 gm (3.5 moles) of hydrogen cyanide, and 100 gm (0.7 mole) or cuprous bromide. The cylinder is closed, shaken for 15 hr at 70°C, cooled to room temperature, and vented cautiously in the hood, and the viscous residue is poured slowly into aqueous potassium cyanide (260 gm in 100 ml of water) to decompose the cuprous complex, liberating an organic layer. The organic layer is separated, dried, and distilled under reduced pressure to afford 97 gm, b.p. 60-63°C (314 mm Hg), ng 1.3749, IR 2143 s, 1472 m, 1368 m, 1230 m, 1208 m, 855 w c m - 1; yield, 33% based on starting isobutylene; 16% based on CuBr.

Preparation

Phosgene (1.0 kg, 10.1 mol) was delivered through a wide tube into a stirred solution of N-t-butylformamide (1.01 kg, 10.0 mol) in triethylamine (1.30 kg) and o-dichlorobenzene (7.0 L) in a flask fitted with a reflux condenser charged with a freezing mixture of ice and salt (-20 C°). Water was added, the layers were separated, and the non-aqueous layer was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate or magnesium sulfate and fractionated; bp 90–92 C°/750 mmHg; yield: 681 g (82%).

TERT-BUTYL ISOCYANIDE(7188-38-7)Related Product Information

• Butyl isocyanate
• ALLYL ISOCYANATE
• Isopropyl isocyanate
• 4-Fluorophenyl isocyanate
• Ethyl isocyanate
• Propyl isocyanate
• 3-Methylindole
• tert-Butyl ethyl ether
• N,N'-Diphenylurea
• tert-Butylisocyanate