Potassium isopropoxide

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Potassium isopropoxide
• CAS No.: 6831-82-9
• Molecular Formula: C3H7KO
• Molecular Weight: 98.1863
• Mol file: 6831-82-9.mol

Synonyms:2-propanol, potassium salt (1:1);Potassium isopropylate;Potassiumisopropanolate;Potassium i-propoxide;Potassium propan-2-olate;

Chemical Property of Potassium isopropoxide

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: Colourless to pale yellow liquid
• Vapor Pressure: 81.3mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: -89 ºC
• Boiling Point: 73 °C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 11.7 °C
• PSA: 23.06000
• Density: 0.86 g/cm³
• LogP: 0.82530
• Sensitive.: Moisture Sensitive
• Water Solubility.: It is soluble in isopropanol and some ethers. Insoluble in water.

Purity/Quality:

99.9% ^*data from raw suppliers

Potassium isopropoxide, 99% (metals basis), 5% w/v in isopropanol ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

• Statements: 11-34-41
• Safety Statements: 16-26-36/37/39

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Uses: It is an important raw material and intermediate used in Organic Synthesis, Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals. They are used in wide range of applications such as colorants and aroma chemicals. They are used in manufacturing detergents and biodiesel. They also act as catalysts in polymerization and isomerizations. Other uses include used for formation of ethers. Also acts as a moderately strong base for deprotonation and base catalysed reactions.

Technology Process of Potassium isopropoxide

There total 3 articles about Potassium isopropoxide which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 71.2%

→ potassium isopropoxide (6831-82-9) + 3-bromo-5-isopropoxypyridine (212332-40-6)

Guidance literature:

Reference yield:

K-tetrakis(isopropoxy)borate → Triisopropyl borate (5419-55-6) + potassium isopropoxide (6831-82-9)

Guidance literature:

In tetrahydrofuran; potassium tetraisopropoxyborohydride refluxed in THF for 18 h; cooled to room temp., not isolated, detected by NMR;

DOI:10.1021/om00077a011

Reference yield:

isopropyl alcohol (67-63-0,8013-70-5) → potassium isopropoxide (6831-82-9)

Guidance literature:

With potassium hydroxide;

upstream raw materials:

isopropyl alcohol

Downstream raw materials:

[di(1-methylethoxy)methyl]benzene

1-isopropoxy-4-nitrobenzene

nitrobenzene

4,4'-dibromoazoxybenzene

Refernces

• 1、 Goto, Mitsuki,Nakashima, Yuta,Nanjo, Masato. "Synthesis and structure of hypercoordinated germanate complexes with naphthalene-2,3-dialkoxide ligands". . . Retrieved 2021/09/15.
• 2、 Chandrasekaran,Greene, Angelique F.,Lillich, Karen,Capone, Stephen,Mague, Joel T.,Debeer, Serena,Donahue, James P.. "A structural and spectroscopic investigation of octahedral platinum bis(dithiolene)phosphine complexes: Platinum dithiolene internal redox chemistry induced by phosphine association". . p. 9192 - 9205. Retrieved 2014/12/09.