tert-Butyl bromide

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| Name = tert-Butyl bromide

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| ImageName = Skeletal formula of tert-butyl bromide with all implicit hydrogens shown

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| PIN = 2-Bromo-2-methylpropane{{cite web|title=2-Bromo-2-methylpropane - Compound Summary|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=10485&loc=ec_rcs|work=PubChem Compound|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information|accessdate=16 June 2012|location=USA|date=26 March 2005|at=Identification}}

| OtherNames = {{Unbulleted list|1-Bromo-1,1-dimethylethane{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}|Bromotrimethylmethane{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}|1,1-Dimethylethyl bromide{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}|Trimethylbromomethane{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 507-19-7

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| UNII = 5LWO08435U

| PubChem = 10485

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| EINECS = 208-065-9

| UNNumber = 2342

| ChEMBL = 347644

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| RTECS = TX4150000

| Beilstein = 1730892

| SMILES = CC(C)(C)Br

| StdInChI = 1S/C4H9Br/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| C=4 | H=9 | Br=1

| Appearance = Colorless liquid

| Density = 1.22 g mL⁻¹ (at 20 °C)CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 65th Ed.

| MeltingPtK = 256.95

| BoilingPtK = 346.4

| LogP = 2.574

| HenryConstant = 310 nmol Pa⁻¹ kg⁻¹

| RefractIndex = 1.4279

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|Section3={{Chembox Thermochemistry

| DeltaHf = −133.4 kJ mol⁻¹

| HeatCapacity = 165.7 J K mol⁻¹

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| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|225}}

| PPhrases = {{P-phrases|210}}

| FlashPtC = 16

| LD50 = {{Unbulleted list|1.25 g kg⁻¹ (intraperitoneal, rat)|4.4 g kg⁻¹ (intraperitoneal, mouse)}}

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|Section5={{Chembox Related

| OtherFunction_label = alkanes

| OtherFunction = {{Unbulleted list|Bromoethane|n-Propyl bromide|2-Bromopropane|1-Bromobutane|2-Bromobutane}}

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tert-Butyl bromide (also referred to as 2-bromo-2-methylpropane) is an organic compound with the formula Me₃CBr (Me = methyl). The molecule features a tert-butyl group attached to a bromide substituent. This organobromine compound is used as a standard reagent in synthetic organic chemistry. It is a colorless liquid.