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RTC000083

tert-Butyl Methyl Ether

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

tert-Butyl methyl ether, MTBE, Methyl tert-butyl ether

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3COCH3
CAS Number:
1634-04-4
Molecular Weight:
88.15
NACRES:
NA.07
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1730942
MDL number:
MFCD00008812
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Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1083303

vapor density

3.1 (vs air)

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

705 °F

expl. lim.

15.1 %

packaging

pkg of 20 mL

density

0.74 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical small molecule

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

COC(C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C5H12O/c1-5(2,3)6-4/h1-4H3

InChI key

BZLVMXJERCGZMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAB9769 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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pictograms

FlameExclamation mark
GHS02,GHS07

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H225,H315

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

-27.4 °F

flash_point_c

-33 °C

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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