tert-Butyl chloride
Protocols evaluated by Rita C. C. Duarte, on 2014 / 08
Product applications
tert-Butyl chloride is used as alkylating agent for the synthesis of a number of organic compounds and as catalyst during cationic polymerization.1 It is also used as a coloring agent in the production of tertiary monoolefins.2
References:
(1) Laszlo Corporation, http://www.laszlochem.com/Tert_Butyl_Chloride.pdf (accessed December 2015).
(2) Vives, V.C.; Kruse, C.W.; Kleinschmidt, R.F. Use of tert-Butyl Chloride as a Chlorination Agent in the Production of Tertiary Monoolefins, Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev. 1969, 8(4), 432-435.
