Tetramethylethylene is an pharmaceutical intermediate. Ozonolysys in neat tetramethyleneethylene gives tetramethyleneethylene epoxide as product.
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Applications
Tetramethylethylene is an pharmaceutical intermediate. Ozonolysys in neat tetramethyleneethylene gives tetramethyleneethylene epoxide as product.
Solubility
Soluble in water (0.071 g/L)
Notes
Store at room temperature. Incompatible with oxidizing agents. Air sensitive.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- H. Niki.; P. D. Maker.; C. M. Savage.; L. P. Breitenbach.; M. D. Hurley. FTIR spectroscopic study of the mechanism for the gas-phase reaction between ozone and tetramethylethylene. J. Phys. Chem. 1987, 91 (4),941-946 .
- Linus Pauling.; L. O. Brockway. Carbon—Carbon Bond Distances. The Electron Diffraction Investigation of Ethane, Propane, Isobutane, Neopentane, Cyclopropane, Cyclopentane, Cyclohexane, Allene, Ethylene, Isobutene, Tetramethylethylene, Mesitylene, and Hexamethylbenzene. Revised Values of Covalent Radii. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1937, 59 (7),1223-1236 .
- Precursor of the sterically hindered hydroborating reagent, thexylborane, introduced by Brown: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 94, 3561 (1972). For review of its chemistry, see: Synthesis, 77 (1974). This reagent should be freshly prepared since it rearranges on standing to 2,3-dimethyl-1-butylborane.