Draft:Tert-Butyle

 

The tert-butyle group or ter-butyle or t-butyle (tertio-butyle), symbol tBu and of chemical formula (CH₃)₃C–, is an isobutane (CH₃)₃C-H derived radical. Often used in organic chemistry to protect different functions via steric hindrance or in order to put a protective enveloppe arround unstable or little stable molecules (corset effect), for example with tetraedrane.

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  tert-butyle in details
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  attached on a - R radical

According to systematic nomenclature, we would likely call it 1,1-dimethylethyle, but the tert-butyle calling is the one recommanded by the IUPAC.

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