RTC000083

tert-Butyl Methyl Ether

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

• Synonym(s): tert-Butyl methyl ether, MTBE, Methyl tert-butyl ether
• 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

Properties

• 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
• refractive index: n20/D 1.369 (lit.)
• bp: 55-56 °C (lit.)
• 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

Description

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.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H225,H315
• pcodes: P210 - P233 - P240 - P241 - P242 - P303 + P361 + P353
• 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