Pivaldehyde
Pivaldehyde is an organic compound, more specifically an aldehyde. Shown in the image is a line-angle representation of this organic aldehyde, whose systematic name, 2,2-dimethylpropanal, is based on the longest carbon chain (three carbons), ending in "-al" to indicate the aldehyde functionality, and where another descriptive synonym is trimethylacetaldehyde.[1] Pivaldehyde is an example of an aldehyde with a sterically bulky R group, the tertiary-butyl group (with 3 methyl groups, at lower left in the image), attached to the carbonyl, >C=O. By definition, the other "group", R', is a hydrogen (H) atom, shown here pointing directly upward.
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| IUPAC name
Pivaldehyde | |
| Systematic IUPAC name
2,2-Dimethylpropanal | |
| Other names
Trimethylacetaldehyde Pivalaldehyde Neopentanal Neopentaldehyde | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.010.123 |
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| Properties | |
| (CH3)3CCHO | |
| Molar mass | 86.13 g/mol |
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| GHS Signal word | Danger |
| H225, H315, H335 | |
| P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+352, P303+361+353, P304+340, P312, P321, P332+313, P362, P370+378, P403+233, P403+235, P405, P501 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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See also
- Pivalic acid - corresponding carboxylic acid
- Pivalamide - corresponding amide
- Pinacolone - corresponding methyl ketone
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