Potassium tert-butoxide

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Potassium tert-butoxide (or potassium t-butoxide) is a chemical compound with the formula [(CH3)3COK]n (abbr. KOtBu). This colourless solid is a strong base (pKa of conjugate acid is 17 in H2O), which is useful in organic synthesis.

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