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Trimethyl borate

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Trimethyl borate
Names
IUPAC name Trimethyl borate
Other names Trimethoxyborane
Identifiers
CAS Number
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EC Number
  • 204-468-9
PubChem CID
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C3H9BO3/c1-5-4(6-2)7-3/h1-3H3Key: WRECIMRULFAWHA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C3H9BO3/c1-5-4(6-2)7-3/h1-3H3Key: WRECIMRULFAWHA-UHFFFAOYAY
SMILES
  • O(B(OC)OC)C
Properties
Chemical formula C3H9BO3
Molar mass 103.91 g·mol
Appearance colourless liquid
Density 0.932 g/ml
Melting point −34 °C (−29 °F; 239 K)
Boiling point 68 to 69 °C (154 to 156 °F; 341 to 342 K)
Solubility in water decomposition
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards flammable
Related compounds
Other cations Trimethyl phosphite
Tetramethyl orthosilicate
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Chemical compound

Trimethyl borate is the organoboron compound with the formula B(OCH3)3 and a metal alkoxide. It is a colourless liquid that burns with a green flame. It is an intermediate in the preparation of sodium borohydride and is a popular reagent in organic chemistry. It is a weak Lewis acid (AN = 23, Gutmann-Beckett method).

This chemical is quite flammable and burns with a green flame

Borate esters are prepared by heating boric acid or related boron oxides with alcohols under conditions where water is removed by azeotropic distillation.

Applications

Trimethyl borate is the main precursor to sodium borohydride by its reaction with sodium hydride in the Brown-Schlesinger process:

4 NaH + B(OCH3)3 → NaBH4 + 3 NaOCH3

It is a gaseous anti-oxidant in brazing and solder flux. Otherwise, trimethyl borate has no announced commercial applications. It has been explored as a fire retardant, as well as being examined as an additive to some polymers.

Organic synthesis

It is a useful reagent in organic synthesis, as a precursor to boronic acids, which are used in Suzuki couplings. These boronic acids are prepared via reaction of the trimethyl borate with Grignard reagents followed by hydrolysis:.

ArMgBr + B(OCH3)3 → MgBrOCH3 + ArB(OCH3)2
ArB(OCH3)2 + 2 H2O → ArB(OH)2 + 2 HOCH3

References

  1. ^ Robert J. Brotherton; C. Joseph Weber; Clarence R. Guibert; John L. Little (2000). "Boron Compounds". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3527306732.
  2. M.A. Beckett, G.C. Strickland, J.R. Holland, and K.S. Varma, "A convenient NMR method for the measurement of Lewis acidity at boron centres: correlation of reaction rates of Lewis acid initiated epoxide polymerizations with Lewis acidity", Polymer, 1996, 37, 4629–4631. doi: 10.1016/0032-3861(96)00323-0
  3. Kazuaki Ishihara, Suguru Ohara, Hisashi Yamamoto (2002). "3,4,5-Trifluorophenylboronic Acid". Organic Syntheses. 79: 176{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 10, p. 80.
  4. R. L. Kidwell, M. Murphy, and S. D. Darling (1969). "Phenols: 6-Methoxy-2-naphthol". Organic Syntheses. 49: 90{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 10, p. 80.

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