tert-Butyl hypochlorite is the organic compound with the formula . A yellow liquid, it is a rare example of an organic hypochlorite, i.e. a compound with an O-Cl bond. It is a reactive material that is useful for chlorinations. It can be viewed as a lipophilic version of sodium hypochlorite (bleach).
It is produced by chlorination of tert-butyl alcohol in the presence of base:
tert-Butyl hypochlorite is useful in the preparation of organic chloramines: