Tetra-n-butylammonium iodide
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| Preferred IUPAC name
 N,N,N-Tributylbutan-1-aminium iodide  | |
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 TBAI 
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.005.656 | 
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| Properties | |
| C16H36IN | |
| Molar mass | 369.3716 g/mol | 
| Appearance | White powder | 
| Melting point | 147 °C (297 °F; 420 K) | 
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Other anions 
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Tetrabutylammonium bromide, Tetrabutylammonium chloride, Tetrabutylammonium fluoride, Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide | 
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). 
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Tetra-n-butylammonium iodide (TBAI) is a quaternary ammonium salt with an iodide counterion. It is used for synthesizing tetra-n-butylammonium triiodide by mixing with iodine. TBAI is also commonly used as a catalyst for the protection of alcohols as benzyl ethers with benzyl bromide.[1]
Properties
The solid crystal of tetra-n-butylammonium iodide is in the monoclinic crystal system. It has space group C2/c. The unit cell has dimensions a=14.2806 b=14.1864 c=19.5951 β=111.149. There are eight formulae in the unit cell (Z=8), which has volume 3702.4 Å3.[2]
The enthalpy of formation ΔfH0 of tetra-n-butylammonium iodide is −499 kJ/mol, which is lower than that for the bromide or chloride (−540, −564 kJ/mol).[3]
At lower temperatures with water tetra-n-butylammonium iodide forms a clathrate hydrate.[3] The tetra-n-butylammonium cation is large and hydrophobic. The absolute enthalpy of hydration (from gas phase) is −260 kJ/mol.[3]
The He(I) photoelectron spectrum of tetra-n-butylammonium iodide contains a peak at 11 eV due to the tetra-n-butylammonium cation, and at 7 and 8 eV due to iodide.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Czernecki, S.; Georgoulis, C.; Provelenghiou, C. (September 1976). "Nouvelle methode de benzylation d'hydroxyles glucidiques encombres". Tetrahedron Letters. 17 (39): 3535–3536. doi:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)71351-7. ISSN 0040-4039.
 - ^ Prukała, Wiesław; Marciniec, Bogdan; Kubicki, Maciej (28 February 2007). "Tetra-n-butylammonium iodide: a space-group revision". Acta Crystallographica Section E. 63 (3): o1464 – o1466. Bibcode:2007AcCrE..63O1464P. doi:10.1107/S1600536807008446.
 - ^ a b c Nagano, Yatsuhisa; Mizuno, Hideki; Sakiyama, Minoru; Fujiwara, Tadayuki; Kondo, Yasuhiko (March 1991). "Hydration enthalpy of tetra-n-butylammonium ion". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95 (6): 2536–2540. doi:10.1021/j100159a079.
 - ^ Ballard, R.E.; Jones, Jimmy; Sutherland, Elizabeth (December 1984). "He(I) photoelectron spectrum of tetra-N-butylammonium iodide and bromide in solution. The effects of surface activity". Chemical Physics Letters. 112 (4): 310–312. Bibcode:1984CPL...112..310B. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(84)85747-4.
 
