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Benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide solution

40 wt. % in methanol

Synonym(s):

N,N,N-Trimethyl-N-benzylammonium hydroxide, N,N,N-trimethyl-1-phenylmethanaminium hydroxide, N,N,N-trimethylbenzenemethanaminium hydroxide, Triton B

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2N(OH)(CH3)3
CAS Number:
100-85-6
Molecular Weight:
167.25
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3917256
MDL number:
MFCD00008281
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
PubChem Substance ID:
24891693
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

200

concentration

40 wt. % in methanol

density

0.92 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

[OH-].C[N+](C)(C)Cc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C10H16N.H2O/c1-11(2,3)9-10-7-5-4-6-8-10;/h4-8H,9H2,1-3H3;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

NDKBVBUGCNGSJJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide solution is a quaternary ammonium compound that is commonly used as a base in organic synthesis. It is also used as a base catalyst in some polymerization reactions.

Application

Benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide solution can be used as:     
  • A catalyst in the nitroaldol condensation reaction      
  • A structure-directing agent in the synthesis of high-silica aluminosilicate zeolite chabazite type zeolite by hydrothermal method      
  • A ionic liquid precursor for the fabrication of nanostructured ZnO particles

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT SE 1

target_organs

Eyes,Central nervous system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

51.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

11 °C - closed cup

ppe

Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles

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L Sangeetha Vedula et al.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 466(2), 260-266 (2007-08-07)
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Lena Edström et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1218(15), 1966-1973 (2010-10-05)
It has recently been demonstrated, using mathematical models, how peculiar overloaded band profiles of basic compounds are due to the local pH in the column when using low capacity buffers. In this study, overloaded peak shapes resulting after injection of
Purushothaman Gopinath et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 74(16), 6291-6294 (2009-07-22)
An efficient protocol is reported for the synthesis of thioesters from carboxylic acids with use of acyloxy phosphonium salts as intermediates and benzyltriethylammonium tetrathiomolybdate as the sulfur transfer reagent.
Weisheng Lin et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 583(1), 98-102 (2007-03-28)
The importance of benzyltriethyl ammonium chloride (BTEAC) in industrial applications has stimulated the development of a number of methods for its determination. In this paper, a high performance capillary electrophoresis (CE) method, coupled with an extraction technique for determining BTEAC
Li Zaijun et al.
Journal of AOAC International, 90(4), 1191-1196 (2007-09-01)
The ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-trimethylsilylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate, abbreviated as [C4tmsim][PF6], was developed as a novel medium for liquid-liquid extraction of lead(II) in water, in which dithizone was used as a metal chelator to form a neutral lead-dithizone complex. Under optimal conditions, the
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