Potassium triethylmethoxide

Bases Alumina, see p-Toluenesulfonylhydrazine. Dehydroabietylamine. 1,5-Diazabicyclo [4.3.0]nonene-5. 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane. l,S-Diazabicyclot5.4.0]undecene-5. 2,6-Di-/-butylpyridine. N,N,-Diethylglycine ethyl ester, see /-Amyl chloroformate. 2,6-Dimethyl-piperidine. Ethanolamine. Lithium diisopropylamide, see Diphenylsulfonium isopropylide. Lithium nitride. Magnesium methoxide. N-Methylmorpholine. Piperidine. Potassium amide. Potassium hydroxide. Potassium triethylmethoxide. Pyridine. Pyrrolidine. Sodium methoxide. Sodium 2-methyl-2-butoxide. Sodium thiophenoxide. Thallous ethoxide. Triethyla-mine. Triphenylphosphine, see l-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. 

Dehydrohalogenation Alumina, see Sulfur tetrafluoride. Alumina-Potassium hydroxide. Cesium fluoride. l,5-Diazabicyclo[4.3.0]nonene-5. l,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane. 1,5-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undecene-5. Dimethylaminotrimethylstannane. Dimethyl sulfoxide. Hexamethylphosphoric triamide. Lithium chloride. Lithium dicyclohexylamide. Magnesium oxide. Potassium r-butoxide. Potassium fluoride. Potassium triethylmethoxide. Pyridine, see Nitrosyl chloride. Silver fluoride. Silver nitrate. Sodium amide. Sodium bicarbonate, see Nitryl iodide. Sodium isopropoxide. Triethylamine, see Sulfur dioxide. 

Potassium triethylmethoxide (Potassium t-heptoxide). (C2H5)3CO K+[l, 956, before Potassium triphenylmethide]. Mol. wt. 154.29. 

Typically, the reaction is carried out in aliphatic hydrocarbons, benzene or in an excess of alkene, at — 20 to 0 °C. Historically this was the first method for the synthesis of 1,1-dichloro-cyclopropanes it is very fast, but suffers from the irreversible generation of dichlorocarbene and, hence, affords the products in rather low yields in the case of relatively unreactive alkenes. Later, in place of potassium fert-butoxide, lithium triethylmethoxide, which is soluble in hydrocarbon solvents, was used. For less reactive alkenes this method gives good yields of products. ... 

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