| Names | |
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| Preferred IUPAC name
4-tert-Butyl-2,6,7-trioxa-1λ5-phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octan-1-one | |
| Other names
t-Butyl-bicyclophosphate | |
| Identifiers | |
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| Properties | |
| C8H15O4P | |
| Molar mass | 206.178 g·mol−1 |
| Hazards | |
| Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |
Main hazards |
Extremely toxic |
| Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
LD50 (median dose) |
36 μg/kg (mice) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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TBPO is an extremely toxic bicyclic phosphate convulsant and GABA receptor antagonist. It is the most toxic bicyclic phosphate known, with an LD50 of 36 μg/kg in mice.
Some sources claim that TBPO is as toxic as VX.
The synthesis is equivalent to the synthesis of IPTBO while the triol is produced by the condensation between 3,3-dimethylbutyraldehyde and formaldehyde analogous to the synthesis of trimethylolpropane.