Triethyl orthoformate

Triethyl orthoformate
Structural formula
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Names
IUPAC name
Diethoxymethoxyethane
Other names
Triethoxymethane; Ethyl orthoformate
Identifiers
122-51-0 YesY
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ECHA InfoCard 100.004.138
PubChem 31214
Properties
C7H16O3
Molar mass 148.20 g·mol−1
Density 0.891 g/mL
Melting point −76 °C (−105 °F; 197 K)
Boiling point 146 °C (295 °F; 419 K)
Hazards
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Triethyl orthoformate is an organic compound with the formula HC(OC2H5)3. It is a colorless volatile liquid. It is orthoester of formic acid. Commercially available, the industrial synthesis is from hydrogen cyanide and ethanol.[1]

It may also be prepared from the reaction of sodium ethoxide and chloroform:[2]

CHCl3 + 3 Na + 3 EtOH HC(OEt)3 + 32 H2 + 3 NaCl

Triethyl orthoformate is used in the Bodroux-Chichibabin aldehyde synthesis, for example:[3]

RMgBr + HC(OC2H5)3 → RC(H)(OC2H5)2 + MgBr(OC2H5)
RC(H)(OC2H5)2 + H2O → RCHO + 2 C2H5OH

In coordination chemistry, it is used to convert metal aquo complexes to the corresponding ethanol complexes:[4]

[Ni(H2O)6](BF4)2 + 6 HC(OC2H5)3 → [Ni(C2H5OH)6](BF4)2 + 6 HC(O)(OC2H5) + 6 HOC2H5

See also

References

  1. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals, Third edition, 2011, page 9288
  2. W. E. Kaufmann and E. E. Dreger (1941). "Ethyl orthoformate". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol., 1, p. 258
  3. G. Bryant Bachman (1943). "n-Hexaldehyde". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol., 2, p. 323
  4. Willem L. Driessen, Jan Reedijk "Solid Solvates: The Use of Weak Ligands in Coordination Chemistry" Inorg. Synth., 1992, Vol. 29,111–118. doi:10.1002/9780470132609.ch27
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