Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
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| align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:TBAH.PNG|200px|TBAOH]] <br/> ''Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide''
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| align="center" colspan="2" | '''[[IUPAC nomenclature|Chemical name]]''' <br/> Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
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! bgcolor="#ffddaa" colspan="2" | General
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[Chemical formula]]
| C<sub>16</sub>H<sub>37</sub>NO
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[Molecular weight]]
| 259.47 g/mol
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | Appearance
| Colourless to light yellow solution
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[CAS number]]
| 2052-49-5
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[MSDS]]
| [[Wikisource:Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide MSDS|Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide MSDS]]
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[SMILES]]
| ?
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | Other names
| TBAOH'''
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! bgcolor="#ffddaa" colspan="2" | Physical properties
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[Solubility]]
| [[water]], [[methanol]]
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[Density]]
| 0.97 g/cm<sup>3</sup> (for solution 55% ''w''/''w'' at 20 °C)
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[pH]] (10% [[solution]] with [[water]])
| ?
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! bgcolor="#ffddaa" colspan="2" | Phase behavior
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[Melting point]]
| not obtainable as pure species
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | [[Boiling point]]
| decomp
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! bgcolor="#ffddaa" colspan="2" | Safety
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | Ingestion
| Damage to the digestive tract.
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | Inhalation
| burns to the respiratory tract.
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | Skin
| burns.
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| bgcolor="#ffeedd" | Eyes
| burns.
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* '''Hazards''':
** corrosive (class 8)
* '''Personal protection''':
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! bgcolor="#ffddaa" colspan="2" | [[Solid]] properties
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|'''Except where noted, all data was produced under conditions of [[standard temperature and pressure]].'''
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Tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide is the [[chemical compound]] with the formula (C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>9</sub>)<sub>4</sub>NOH, abbreviated Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH with the acronym TBAOH or TBAH. This species is not readily obtainable as a pure compound, but it employed as a solution in water or [[alcohol]]s. It is commonly used as a base in [[organic chemistry]]. Relative to more conventional inorganic bases, such as [[KOH]] and [[NaOH]], Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH is more soluble in organic solvents. Attempted isolation of pure Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH induces [[Hofmann elimination]], leading to Bu<sub>3</sub>N and [[1-butene]]. Solutions of Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH are typically contaminated with Bu<sub>3</sub>N for this reason.<ref>Bos, M. E. "Tetra-n-butylammonium Hydroxide" in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Ed: L. Paquette) 2004, J. Wiley & Sons, New York. DOI: 10.1002/047084289.</ref>
==Applications in the synthesis of organic compounds==
Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH is a strong base that is used often under [[phase transfer catalyst|phase-transfer]] conditions to effect [[alkylation]]s and [[deprotonation]]s. Typical reactions include [[benzyl]]ation of amines and generation of [[dichlorocarbene]] from [[chloroform]].
Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH can be [[Neutralization|neutralize]]d with a variety of [[mineral acid]]s to give lipophilic salts of the [[conjugate base]]. For example, treatment of Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH with [[disodium pyrophosphate]], Na<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, gives (Bu<sub>4</sub>N)<sub>3</sub>[HP<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>], which is soluble in organic solvents.<ref>Woodside, A. B.; Huang, Z.; Poulter, C. D. “Trisammonium Geranyl Diphosphate” Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 8, p.616 (1993). http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV8P0616.pdf</ref> Similarly, neutralization of Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH with [[hydrofluoric acid]] affords [[Tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride|Bu<sub>4</sub>NF]]. This salt dissolves in organic solvents and is useful to desilylation.<ref>Kuwajima, I.; Nakamura, E. Hashimoto, K. “Silylation of Ketones with Ethyl Trimethylsilacetate: (Z)-3-Trimethylsiloxy-2-Pentene” Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 7, p.512 (1990). http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV7P0512.pdf</ref>
==Safety==
Bu<sub>4</sub>NOH is toxic and corrosive. See MSDS.
==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Quaternary ammonium compounds]]
[[de:Tetrabutylammoniumhydroxid]]