Tert-Butyl fluoride

tert-Butyl fluoride
Structural formula
Structural formula
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2-Fluoro-2-methylpropane
Other names
1,1-Dimethylethyl fluoride
1-Fluoro-1,1-dimethylethane
Fluorotrimethylmethane
Trimethylfluoromethane
tert-butyl fluoride
t-butyl fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations TBF
t-BF
Me3CF
t-BuF
tBuF
tBuF
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 206-538-4
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C4H9F/c1-4(2,3)5/h1-3H3
    Key: GSMZLBOYBDRGBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • CC(C)(C)F
Properties
C4H9F
Molar mass 76.114 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless liquid or gas
Odor Faint, sweet, ether-like
Density 0.7527 g/cm3
Melting point −77 °C (−107 °F; 196 K)
Boiling point 12.1–28 °C (53.8–82.4 °F; 285.2–301.1 K)
Insoluble
Vapor pressure 708 mmHg at 25 °C
1.96 D
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

tert-Butyl fluoride is an organofluorine compound with the formula C4H9F or CH3CF(CH3)CH3, abbreviated as Me3CF (Me = methyl). At standard conditions it is a colorless liquid or gas.

Properties

Preparation

References

  1. ↑ "2-Fluoro-2-methylpropane". CAS Common Chemistry. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "tert-butyl fluoride physical and chemical properties" (PDF). Benchchem. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  3. 1 2 3 von Grosse, Aristid; Wackher, Richard C.; Linn, Carl B. (1 March 1940). "Physical Properties of the Alkyl Fluorides and a Comparison of the Alkyl Fluorides with the Other Alkyl Halides and with the Alkyls of the Elements of Period II". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 44 (3): 275–296. Bibcode:1940JPhCh..44..275G. doi:10.1021/j150399a002.