Tetraalkylammonium salts

Tetraalkylammonium salts belong to the group of organic salts and are quaternary ammonium compounds of the type R ₄ N ⁺ X ^- , in which R is an alkyl radical .

Manufacturing

They arise from the implementation of trialkylamines with reactive haloalkanes , such as. B. methyl iodide . So z. B. through the reaction of trimethylamine with methyl iodide, tetramethylammonium iodide :

use

Tetrabutyl, tetrethyl and tetramethylammonium salts are used as solubilizers in phase transfer catalysis and as conductive salts [example: tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (NBu ₄ PF ₆ )] in voltammetry . Some long-chain tetraalkylammonium salts are invert soaps .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto-Albrecht Neumüller (Ed.): Römpps Chemie-Lexikon. Volume 6: T-Z. 8th revised and expanded edition. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-440-04516-1 , p. 4173.