Benzyltriethylammonium Hydroxide
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Benzyltriethylammonium hydroxide is a
quaternary ammonium salt In organic chemistry, quaternary ammonium cations, also known as quats, are positively-charged polyatomic ions of the structure , where R is an alkyl group, an aryl group or organyl group. Unlike the ammonium ion () and the primary, secondary, ...
that functions as an organic base.


Uses

Together with benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide, salts of benzyltriethylammonium are common phase-transfer catalysts.


References

Hydroxides Quaternary ammonium compounds Reagents for organic chemistry Benzyl compounds {{organic-compound-stub