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291005

Butylmagnesium chloride solution

2.0 M in THF

Synonym(s):

BuMgCl

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3MgCl
CAS Number:
693-04-9
Molecular Weight:
116.87
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24857504
MDL number:
MFCD00000475
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3587228

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Product Name

Butylmagnesium chloride solution, 2.0 M in THF

InChI

1S/C4H9.ClH.Mg/c1-3-4-2;;/h1,3-4H2,2H3;1H;/q;;+1/p-1

SMILES string

CCCC[Mg]Cl

InChI key

UUNGXYVLXYGZKH-UHFFFAOYSA-M

reaction suitability

reaction type: Grignard Reaction

concentration

2.0 M in THF

density

0.962 g/mL at 25 °C

Quality Level

200

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Application

Butylmagnesium chloride (BuMgCl) is a Grignard reagent that can be used:
  • To prevent the formation of passivating surface films on Mg electrodes.
  • For the synthesis of lithium tributylmagnesate complex (n-Bu3MgLi) by reacting with n-BuLi.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3 - Water-react 1

target_organs

Central nervous system, Respiratory system

supp_hazards

EUH014,EUH019

Storage Class

4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

1.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-17 °C - closed cup

ppe

Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Tributylmagnesium ate complex-mediated novel bromine-magnesium exchange reaction for selective monosubstitution of dibromoarenes.
Iida T, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 42(29), 4841-4844 (2001)
On the electrochemical behavior of magnesium electrodes in polar aprotic electrolyte solutions.
Lu Z, et al.
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 466(2), 203-217 (1999)
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Journal of chromatography. B, Biomedical sciences and applications, 716(1-2), 139-145 (1998-11-21)
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