3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol
ALDRICH/136824 - 98%
Synonym: tert-Butyl methyl carbinol; Pinacoline alcohol; Pinacolyl alcohol
CAS Number: 464-07-3
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C6H14O
Molecular Weight: 102.17
EC Number: 207-347-9
MDL Number: MFCD00004522
Linear Formula: (CH3)3CCH(OH)CH3
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 98% |
| bp | 119-121 °C (lit.) |
| density | 0.812 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | liquid |
| functional group | hydroxyl |
| InChI | 1S/C6H14O/c1-5(7)6(2,3)4/ |
| InChI key | DFOXKPDFWGNLJU-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 4.8 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| refractive index | n |
| SMILES string | CC(O)C(C)(C)C |
| Application: | 3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol (pinacolyl alcohol) can be used as a substrate: • To study the oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones using cyclic microwave heating technique. • To prepare aryl ethers by reacting with aryl iodide using 4-pyrrolidinopyridine ligand via Cu-catalyzed Ullmann reaction. |
| Application: | 3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol was used in conversion of ribose- and glucose-binding proteins into receptors for pinacolyl methyl phosphonic acid. |
| General description: | 3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol is a potential precursor for prohibited chemical weapons such as soman, a nerve agent. It is a synthetic analog of kairomone. |
| Packaging: | 25, 100 g in glass bottle |
| Symbol | GHS02 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H226 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P233 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P370 + P378 - P403 + P235 - P501 |
| Risk Statements | 10 |
| RIDADR | UN 1987C 3 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | 78.8 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 26 °C - closed cup |
| Purity | 98% |
| bp | 119-121 °C (lit.) |
| mp | 4.8 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 0.812 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| Refractive Index | n |
| UNSPSC | 12352100 |


