Chemical Properties
Clear colorless to pale yellow liquid
Application
Tert-Butyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate can be used as a reagent for the preparation of tert-butyl esters, tert-butyl ethers and tert-butyl amines.
Uses
tert-Butyl 2,2,2-trichloroacetimidate is used to produce di-tert-butyl peroxide at temperature of -5°C. It may be used in the synthesis of N-α-Fmoc-phospho(1-nitrophenylethyl-2-cyanoethyl)-L-serine, caged building block. It may be used in the conversion of alcohols and carboxylic acids to their respective ethers and esters.
Preparation
Potassium t-Butoxide (1.68 g, 15 mmol) was dissolved in t-butanol (30 mL) and this solution was added over 15 min to a stirred solution of Trichloroacetonitrile (21.6 g, 15 mL, 15 mmol) in dry diethyl ether (30 mL) cooled to 0 °C under nitrogen. The yellow mixture was allowed to warm to 20 °C over 1 h, and then heated to reflux for 1 h. After the reaction mixture had been cooled to rt, volatiles were removed on the rotary evaporator and the residual oil was dissolved in pentane (30 mL). The solution was filtered and the pentane was removed on the rotary evaporator. The residue was then distilled to yield 23 g (70%), bp 65-69 °C/12 mmHg, which solidified on storage.
