Description
tert-Butyl methyl ether
for HPLC, ≥99.8%
Synonym: MTBE, Methyl tert-butyl ether
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CAS Number 1634-04-4
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Linear Formula (CH3)3COCH3
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Molecular Weight 88.15
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Beilstein/REAXYS Number 1730942
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EC Number 216-653-1
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MDL number MFCD00008812
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PubChem Substance ID 329755082
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NACRES NA.07
Properties
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Quality Level | 100 |
grade | for HPLC |
vapor density | 3.1 (vs air) |
vapor pressure | 4.05 psi |
assay | ≥99.8% |
autoignition temp. | 705 °F |
expl. lim. | 15.1 % |
impurities | ≤0.0005% non-volatile matter |
≤0.0005% peroxides (as H2O2) | |
≤0.002% free acid (as CH3COOH) | |
≤0.01% water (Karl Fischer) | |
color | APHA: ≤10 |
transmittance | 220 nm, ≥40% |
250 nm, ≥80% | |
260 nm, ≥90% | |
290 nm, ≥99% | |
refractive index | n20/D 1.369 (lit.) |
bp | 55-56 °C (lit.) |
mp | -110 °C |
density | 0.74 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
UV absorption | λ: 210 nm Amax: ≤1.0 |
λ: 220 nm Amax: ≤0.40 | |
λ: 250 nm Amax: ≤0.10 | |
λ: 260 nm Amax: ≤0.05 | |
λ: 300 nm Amax: ≤0.005 | |
λ: 400 nm Amax: ≤0.005 | |
Featured Industry | Food and Beverages |
SMILES string | COC(C)(C)C |
InChI | 1S/C5H12O/c1-5(2,3)6-4/h1-4H3 |
InChI key | BZLVMXJERCGZMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
General description
tert-Butyl methyl ether (methyl tert-butyl ether, MTBE) is a gasoline additive. Its oxidative degradation by propane-oxidizing bacterial strains has been tested.[1] Kinetic studies of its heat-assisted persulfate oxidation at various pH, temperature, oxidant concentration and ionic strength levels suggests that reaction exhibits a pseudo-first-order decay model.[2]
Application
tert-Butyl methyl ether (methyl tert-butyl ether, MTBE) has been used in the isolation and quantitative determination of carotenes and xanthophylls from Capsicum annum pericarp extracts by HPLC.[3]
Packaging
1, 6×1, 2, 4×2, 4, 4×4 L in glass bottle
200 L in Pure-Pac™ 1
100 mL in glass bottle
200 L in Pure-Pac™ 2
Other Notes
Important notice
• The article number 34875-4X2.5L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34875-2.5L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
• The article number 34875-6X1L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34875-1L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
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