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tert-butyl alcohol

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Description

tert-Butyl Alcohol: An isomer of butanol that contains a tertiary butyl group that consists of three methyl groups, each separately attached to a central (tertiary) carbon. [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

tert-butanol : A tertiary alcohol alcohol that is isobutane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID6386
CHEMBL ID16502
CHEBI ID45895
MeSH IDM0029708

Synonyms (127)

Synonym
t-butylalcohol
AKOS009029221
TBU ,
tert-butyl alcohol
trimethylcarbinol
t-butyl alcohol
dimethylethanol
trimethyl methanol
1,1-dimethylethanol
t-butyl hydroxide
tert-butanol
butanol tertiaire [french]
ccris 4755
einecs 200-889-7
brn 0906698
ai3-01288
caswell no. 124a
methanol, trimethyl-
alcool butylique tertiaire [french]
tertiary-butanol
nci-c55367
trimethyl carbinol
arconol
hsdb 50
2-propanol, 2-methyl-
inchi=1/c4h10o/c1-4(2,3)5/h5h,1-3h
2-methylpropan-2-ol
tert-butylalcohol
75-65-0
tertiary-butyl alcohol
2-methyl-2-propanol
CHEBI:45895 ,
t-butyl alchohol
DB03900
trimethylmethanol
t-butylalkohol
t-butanol
tertiary butyl alcohol
tert butyl alcohol
alcohol, tert-butyl
tert butanol
tert-butanol, anhydrous, >=99.5%
B0706
alcool butylique tertiaire
butanol tertiaire
CHEMBL16502
A838477
tbuoh
t-buoh
tert.-butanol
STL282741
FT-0688093
4-01-00-01609 (beilstein handbook reference)
ec 200-889-7
md83sfe959 ,
unii-md83sfe959
BP-20656
tert-butyl alcohol [ii]
tert-butyl alcohol [mi]
t-butyl alcohol [hsdb]
t-butyl alcohol [inci]
tertiary butanol
butyl alcohol, tert-
2-methyl-2-propan-d9-ol
tert-butyl hydroxide
2-methylpropanol-2
2-methyl n-propan-2-ol
ethanol, 1,1-dimethyl-
tert-c4h9oh
methyl-2 propanol-2
tert-butanol acs reagent
1,1-dimethyl ethanol
t- butanol
(ch3)3coh
terbutyl alcohol
2-methyl-propan-2-ol
hot-bu
tertbutyl alcohol
tert.-butyl alcohol
ter-butanol
tert.butanol
terbutanol
hotbu
tertbutanol
t-butyl-alcohol
2-methyl-2-propyl alcohol
t-bu-oh
tert. butyl alcohol
tert-buyl alcohol
tert-butyl-alcohol
tertiarybutanol
2-methyl,2-propanol
ter-butyl alcohol
tert.butyl alcohol
2methyl-2-propanol
tert.-butylalcohol
tert. butanol
hoc(ch3)3
tert-buoh
tert -butanol
25-65-0
tert- butyl alcohol
C21389
DTXSID8020204
tert-butyl alcohol, anhydrous
mfcd00004464
J-510082
F0001-1901
tert-butanol, tebol(r) 99, >=99.3%
tert-butanol, acs reagent, >=99.0%
tert-butanol, analytical standard
tert-butanol, saj special grade, >=99.0%
tert-butanol, >=99% (gc)
tert-butanol, for hplc, >=99.5%
tert-butanol, puriss. p.a., acs reagent, >=99.7% (gc)
tert-butanol, saj first grade, >=98.0%
tert-butanol, ar
tert-butanol, p.a., 99.0%
tert-butanol, technical grade, 95.0%
tert-butanol, certified reference material, 5000 mug/ml in methanol
trimethyl-methanol
tert-butanol hplc grade
tert-butanol 100 microg/ml in acetonitrile
Q285790
AMY11058
EN300-19307
2-methyl propan-2-ol

Research Excerpts

Toxicity

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" These results show that interaction of TBA+TCA does bring about alteration in biochemical parameters which may play a pivotal role in toxic responses on long-term exposure."( Administration of subtoxic doses of t-butyl alcohol and trichloroacetic acid to male Wistar rats to study the interactive toxicity.
Acharya, S; Krishnan, S; Mehta, K; Pereira, J; Rao, CV; Rodrigues, S, 1995
)
0.29
" Animals were evaluated for toxic effects, including assessment of toxicant-induced alterations to the ocular and respiratory systems."( Acute inhalation toxicity of neutralized chemical agent identification sets (CAIS) containing agent in chloroform.
Johnson, R; McVeety, B; Morgan, EW; Olajos, EJ; Phelps, RL; Renne, RA; Salem, H,
)
0.13
" An acute 1-h reference exposure level of 1 mg/m3 can be calculated from the extrapolated no observed adverse effect level of 50 mg/m3."( Acute toxicity and cancer risk assessment values for tert-butyl acetate.
Brown, JP; Budroe, JD; Marty, MA; Salmon, AG; Salsmon, AG, 2004
)
0.32
" In fact, although available data are somehow conflicting, there is evidence that MTBE is a toxic substance that may have harmful effects on both animals and humans and an unresolved problem is the role played by MTBE metabolites, especially tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA), in determining toxic effects due to MTBE exposure."( Differential toxic effects of methyl tertiary butyl ether and tert-butanol on rat fibroblasts in vitro.
Bergamaschi, A; Bianchino, G; Boninsegna, A; Cittadini, A; De Paola, B; Iavicoli, I; Pietroiusti, A; Sgambato, A, 2009
)
0.35
" ETBE does not appear to be selectively toxic to reproduction or embryofetal development in the absence of other manifestations of general toxicity."( Ethyl t-butyl ether: review of reproductive and developmental toxicity.
de Peyster, A, 2010
)
0.36
" TBA was significantly less toxic with EC10 and EC50 for acute and chronic toxicity >1000 mg L(-1)."( Microbial toxicity of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) determined with fluorescent and luminescent bioassays.
Hesselsoe, M; Lentz, T; Roslev, P, 2015
)
0.42
"Owing to the use of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) as a fuel additive, the possible adverse effects of ETBE exposure have become a public concern."( Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 deficiency significantly exacerbates tert-butyl alcohol-induced toxicity in mice.
Lin, L; Nakajima, T; Nie, J; Suda, M; Wang, RS; Weng, Z; Xu, C; Yanagiba, Y; Zhang, Y, 2020
)
0.8

Pharmacokinetics

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The objective of this study was to develop a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for MTBE and TBA in rats that will form the basis for a human model."( Development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for methyl tertiary-butyl ether and tertiary-butanol in male Fisher-344 rats.
Borghoff, SJ; Medinsky, MA; Murphy, JE, 1996
)
0.29
" A comprehensive pharmacokinetic profile for TBA has not been determined in rats."( Pharmacokinetics of tertiary butyl alcohol in male and female Fischer 344 rats.
Borghoff, SJ; Poet, TS; Valentine, JL, 1997
)
0.3
" The current research evaluates acute CNS effects during bathing/showering by application of physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) techniques to compare internal doses in animal toxicity studies to human exposure scenarios."( A physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model assessment of methyl t-butyl ether in groundwater for a bathing and showering determination.
Ginsberg, GL; Rao, HV, 1997
)
0.3
" We find that individual biomarker measurements are a valuable tool in reconstruction of previous exposures and that a simple pharmacokinetic model can identify the time frames over which an exogenous chemical and the related chemical biomarker are useful."( Exposure reconstruction for reducing uncertainty in risk assessment: example using MTBE biomarkers and a simple pharmacokinetic model.
Kim, D; Pleil, JD; Prah, JD; Rappaport, SM,
)
0.13
"Current physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for the fuel additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and its metabolite tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) have not included a mechanism for chemical binding to the male rat-specific protein alpha2u-globulin, which has been postulated to be responsible for renal effects in male rats observed in toxicity and carcinogenicity studies with MTBE."( Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of methyl tertiary butyl ether and tertiary butyl alcohol dosimetry in male rats based on binding to alpha2u-globulin.
Borghoff, SJ; Leavens, TL, 2009
)
0.35
" To understand the contribution of ETBE and TBA kinetics under varying exposure scenarios to these tumor responses, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model was developed based on a previously published model for methyl tertiary-butyl ether, a structurally similar chemical, and verified against the literature and study report data."( Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for ethyl tertiary-butyl ether and tertiary-butyl alcohol in rats: Contribution of binding to α2u-globulin in male rats and high-exposure nonlinear kinetics to toxicity and cancer outcomes.
Banton, MI; Borghoff, SJ; Leavens, TL; Ring, C, 2017
)
0.46

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" It is poorly absorbed through skin, but is rapidly absorbed upon inhalation or ingestion and distributed to tissues throughout the body."( Tertiary-Butanol: a toxicological review.
McGregor, D, 2010
)
0.36
"Particle size reduction is a suitable method to enhance the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs."( Process optimization of a novel production method for nanosuspensions using design of experiments (DoE).
Heinzerling, O; Möschwitzer, JP; Müller, RH; Salazar, J, 2011
)
0.37
"Nanosizing is a non-specific approach to improve the oral bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs."( Nanocrystals: comparison of the size reduction effectiveness of a novel combinative method with conventional top-down approaches.
Ghanem, A; Möschwitzer, JP; Müller, RH; Salazar, J, 2012
)
0.38

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Ninety-day toxicity studies were conducted in B6C3F1 mice and Fischer 344 (F344) rats of both sexes using dosed water."( Subchronic toxicity studies of t-butyl alcohol in rats and mice.
Collins, JJ; Farnell, DR; Giles, HD; Lindamood, C; Maronpot, RR; Prejean, JD; Takahashi, K, 1992
)
0.28
" In order to evaluate the interactive toxicity of t-butyl alcohol (TBA) with TCA, young male Wistar rats were dosed through water at a dose level of TBA (0."( Administration of subtoxic doses of t-butyl alcohol and trichloroacetic acid to male Wistar rats to study the interactive toxicity.
Acharya, S; Krishnan, S; Mehta, K; Pereira, J; Rao, CV; Rodrigues, S, 1995
)
0.29
" Replicative DNA synthesis, as measured by immunohistochemical staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen, was increased in proximal tubules of rats dosed with 2% t-butyl alcohol."( Retrospective study of possible alpha-2 mu-globulin nephropathy and associated cell proliferation in male Fischer 344 rats dosed with t-butyl alcohol.
Lindamood, C; Maronpot, RR; Takahashi, K, 1993
)
0.29
" In order to evaluate the interactive toxicity of t-butyl alcohol with trichloroacetic acid, young male Wistar rats were dosed through water at a dose level of t-butyl alcohol (TBA)-0."( A histopathological study of liver and kidney in male Wistar rats treated with subtoxic doses of t-butyl alcohol and trichloroacetic acid.
Acharya, S; Krishnan, S; Mehta, K; Pereira, J; Rao, CV; Rodriguez, S, 1997
)
0.3
" To study tert-butyl alcohol metabolism, rats were dosed either with tert-butyl alcohol at natural carbon isotope ratio or with 13C-enriched tert-butyl alcohol (250 mg/kg of body weight), urine was collected, and metabolites were identified by NMR and GC/MS."( Biotransformation of 12C- and 2-13C-labeled methyl tert-butyl ether, ethyl tert-butyl ether, and tert-butyl alcohol in rats: identification of metabolites in urine by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Amberg, A; Bernauer, U; Dekant, W; Scheutzow, D, 1998
)
0.92
" Subchronic oral dosing with t-BuOH increased the mineralization of the kidney, nephropathy, and urinary bladder transitional cell epithelial hyperplasia in rats; and liver damage, chronic inflammation, hyperplasia of transitional cell epithelium urinary, and proliferative changes including hyperplasia and neoplasia in the thyroid in mice."( Amended final report of the safety assessment of t-Butyl Alcohol as used in cosmetics.
Chen, M, 2005
)
0.33
" The treatment was conducted in a semi-batch reactor under different experimental conditions by varying ozone gas dosage and incident UV light intensity."( Treatment of groundwater contaminated with gasoline components by an ozone/UV process.
Garoma, T; Gurol, MD; Osibodu, O; Thotakura, L, 2008
)
0.35
" Results obtained showed that, at appropriate concentrations, H(2)O(2) accelerates MNZ degradation by generating additional HO(); however, when the dosage of H(2)O(2) exceeds the optimal concentration, the efficacy of MNZ degradation is reduced."( Gamma irradiation of pharmaceutical compounds, nitroimidazoles, as a new alternative for water treatment.
Ferro-García, MA; López-Peñalver, J; Prados-Joya, G; Rivera-Utrilla, J; Sánchez-Polo, M, 2009
)
0.35
" Early postnatal rat pup deaths show no clear dose-response and have largely been attributed to total litter losses with accompanying evidence of maternal neglect or frank maternal morbidity."( Ethyl t-butyl ether: review of reproductive and developmental toxicity.
de Peyster, A, 2010
)
0.36
" The results demonstrate that noncancer kidney effects, including kidney weight changes, urothelial hyperplasia, and chronic progressive nephropathy (CPN), yielded consistent dose-response relationships across routes of exposure and across ETBE and TBA studies using TBA blood concentration as the dose metric."( Development and application of a rat PBPK model to elucidate kidney and liver effects induced by ETBE and tert-butanol.
Brinkerhoff, CJ; Chiu, WA; Lee, JS; Salazar, KD, 2015
)
0.42
" The effect of voltage, catalyst concentration and persulphate dosage was studied."( Mixed industrial wastewater treatment by combined electrochemical advanced oxidation and biological processes.
Anantha Singh, TS; Nidheesh, PV; Popat, A; Suresh Kumar, M, 2019
)
0.51
"%, an enzyme dosage of 6 wt."( Highly Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin via Enzymatic Transesterification under Batch and Continuous Flow Conditions.
Chen, F; Liu, C; Xu, B; Zhang, G; Zhang, J; Zhao, F, 2019
)
0.51
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (1)

RoleDescription
human xenobiotic metaboliteAny human metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound in humans.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (1)

ClassDescription
tertiary alcoholA tertiary alcohol is a compound in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has three other carbon atoms attached to it.
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Pathways (1)

PathwayProteinsCompounds
methyl tert-butyl ether degradation1425

Bioassays (13)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID1393288Antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus assessed as lowest concentration required for 7-log reduction in viable bacteria count after 1 hr2018Journal of medicinal chemistry, 05-10, Volume: 61, Issue:9
Quest for Novel Chemical Entities through Incorporation of Silicon in Drug Scaffolds.
AID1102450Fungitoxicity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides assessed as mycelial growth inhibition by poisoned food technique2003Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Aug-27, Volume: 51, Issue:18
Quantitative structure-fungitoxicity relationships of some monohydric alcohols.
AID19262Aqueous solubility2000Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Jun-05, Volume: 10, Issue:11
Prediction of drug solubility from Monte Carlo simulations.
AID1594652Substrate activity at Geobacillus stearothermophilus DSM 2334 ADH expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) assessed as Km in 50 mM HEPES buffer at pH 7.5 at 23 degC by MTT dye based Lineweaver-Burk plot analysis2019Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 06-15, Volume: 29, Issue:12
Characterization of the substrate scope of an alcohol dehydrogenase commonly used as methanol dehydrogenase.
AID1393290Antibacterial activity against Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 19433 assessed as lowest concentration required for 7-log reduction in viable bacteria count after 1 hr2018Journal of medicinal chemistry, 05-10, Volume: 61, Issue:9
Quest for Novel Chemical Entities through Incorporation of Silicon in Drug Scaffolds.
AID1393289Antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 10145 assessed as lowest concentration required for 7-log reduction in viable bacteria count after 1 hr2018Journal of medicinal chemistry, 05-10, Volume: 61, Issue:9
Quest for Novel Chemical Entities through Incorporation of Silicon in Drug Scaffolds.
AID1393287Antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli C3000 ATCC 15597 assessed as lowest concentration required for 7-log reduction in viable bacteria count after 1 hr2018Journal of medicinal chemistry, 05-10, Volume: 61, Issue:9
Quest for Novel Chemical Entities through Incorporation of Silicon in Drug Scaffolds.
AID237685Lipophilicity determined as logarithm of the partition coefficient in the alkane/water system2005Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-05, Volume: 48, Issue:9
Calculating virtual log P in the alkane/water system (log P(N)(alk)) and its derived parameters deltalog P(N)(oct-alk) and log D(pH)(alk).
AID162229Toxicity determined using Konemann's Industrial Pollutants Toxicity Test1991Journal of medicinal chemistry, May, Volume: 34, Issue:5
Using theoretical descriptors in quantitative structure-activity relationships: some toxicological indices.
AID346025Binding affinity to beta cyclodextrin2009Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, Jan-15, Volume: 17, Issue:2
Convenient QSAR model for predicting the complexation of structurally diverse compounds with beta-cyclodextrins.
AID1594651Substrate activity at Geobacillus stearothermophilus DSM 2334 ADH expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) assessed as Kcat in 50 mM HEPES buffer at pH 7.5 at 23 degC by MTT dye based Lineweaver-Burk plot analysis2019Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 06-15, Volume: 29, Issue:12
Characterization of the substrate scope of an alcohol dehydrogenase commonly used as methanol dehydrogenase.
AID212400Toxicity determined using Tadpole Narcosis Test1991Journal of medicinal chemistry, May, Volume: 34, Issue:5
Using theoretical descriptors in quantitative structure-activity relationships: some toxicological indices.
AID1594653Substrate activity at Geobacillus stearothermophilus DSM 2334 ADH expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) assessed as Kcat/Km ratio in 50 mM HEPES buffer at pH 7.5 at 23 degC by MTT dye based Lineweaver-Burk plot analysis2019Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 06-15, Volume: 29, Issue:12
Characterization of the substrate scope of an alcohol dehydrogenase commonly used as methanol dehydrogenase.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (480)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199055 (11.46)18.7374
1990's54 (11.25)18.2507
2000's186 (38.75)29.6817
2010's149 (31.04)24.3611
2020's36 (7.50)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 83.17

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index83.17 (24.57)
Research Supply Index6.24 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.83 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index147.56 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (83.17)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials6 (1.19%)5.53%
Reviews13 (2.57%)6.00%
Case Studies1 (0.20%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other486 (96.05%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]