Sodium tert-butoxide, 98% cAS 865-48-5 - used as a strong base and a non-nucleophilic base. In organic synthesis, it serves as an intermediate in various reactions like condensation, rearrangement and ring-opening.

Application

It is useful in dehydrohalogenation reactions. Potassium tert-butoxide catalyzes the reaction of hydrosilanes and heterocyclic compounds to give the silyl derivatives, with release of H2