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Usage

Uses

Used in Polymer Chemistry Research:
3C3MP is used as a model compound to study the reactivity of tertiary chloride defects present in commercial PVC. It helps researchers understand if these defects can act as active initiating species for metal-catalyzed living radical graft copolymerization, which is crucial for developing advanced polymer materials with improved properties.
Used in Organic Synthesis:
3C3MP can be used as a reactant to prepare chloro(1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl)magnesium, a Grignard reagent. This reagent is employed in the Kumada–Tamao–Corriu coupling reaction, a widely used cross-coupling reaction in organic synthesis. This reaction allows for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds between organic halides and organometallic compounds, enabling the synthesis of various complex organic molecules with potential applications in pharmaceuticals, materials science, and other fields.

InChI:InChI=1/C6H13Cl/c1-4-6(3,7)5-2/h4-5H2,1-3H3

Upstream product

• 96-14-0 3-methylpentane 
• 7647-01-0 hydrogenchloride 
• 97-95-0 2-ethyl-1-butanol 

Downstream Products

• 562-49-2 3,3-dimethylpentane 
• 1067-08-9 3-ethyl-3-methyl-pentane 
• 1985-97-3 methyl-3 phenyl-3 pentane 
• 19780-65-5 3-ethyl-3-methyl-pentan-2-one 
• 77-74-7 3-methylpentan-3-ol 
• 52897-17-3 3-Ethyl-2,2,3-trimethylpentan 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

FeCl3-activated oxidation of alkanes by [Os(N)O 3]-

Although the ion [OsVIII(N)(O)3]- is a stable species and is not known to act as an oxidant for organic substrates, it is readily activated by FeCl3 in CH2Cl2/CH 3CO2H to oxidize alkanes efficiently at room temperature. The oxidation can be made catalytic by using 2,6-dichloropyridine N-oxide as the terminal oxidant. The active intermediates in stoichiometric and catalytic oxidation are proposed to be [(O)3OsVIII≡N-Fe III] and [Cl4(O)OsVIII≡N-Fe III], respectively.

Studies on Sulphochlorination of Paraffins. IX. Regularities of the Sulphochlorination of Branched-chain Paraffins

In the cases of 2-methylbutane and 2-methylpentane the formation of tertiary sulphochlorides in the sulphochlorination of the parent hydrocarbons could be established by means of 13C-n.m.r.-spectroscopy.The relative rates of the various C-H-bonds in 2-methylbutane, 2-methylpentane and 3-methylpentane in the sulphochlorination reaction were determined.The relative rates of the tertiary C-H-bonds in the sulphochlorination were considerably lower than the corresponding values for the chlorination of the branched-chain paraffins.