32213-M

Methanol

≥99.8% (GC), ACS reagent, suitable for HPLC, reag. Ph. Eur., USP/NF, reag. ISO

• Synonym(s): Methyl alcohol
• Linear Formula: CH₃OH
• CAS Number: 67-56-1
• Molecular Weight: 32.04
• Beilstein: 1098229
• EC Number: 200-659-6
• MDL number: MFCD00004595
• UNSPSC Code: 12352104
• PubChem Substance ID: 329754104
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• product name: Methanol, puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. ISO, reag. Ph. Eur., ≥99.8% (GC)
• grade: ACS reagent; puriss. p.a.
• Agency: USP/NF; reag. ISO; reag. Ph. Eur.
• vapor density: 1.11 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 410 mmHg ( 50 °C); 97.68 mmHg ( 20 °C)
• Assay: ≥99.8% (GC)
• form: liquid
• autoignition temp.: 725 °F
• expl. lim.: 36 %
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable
• impurities: ≤0.00005% free alkali (as NH₃); ≤0.0001% formaldehyde; ≤0.00025% KMnO₄ red. matter (as O); ≤0.0005% non-volatile matter; ≤0.001% acetaldehyde; ≤0.001% acetone (GC); ≤0.05% water (Karl Fischer); ≤0.1% ethanol (GC)
• refractive index: n20/D 1.329 (lit.)
• bp: 64.7 °C (lit.)
• mp: −98 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.791 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• anion traces: chloride (Cl^-): ≤0.5 mg/kg; sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤1 mg/kg
• cation traces: Al: ≤0.50 ppm; B: ≤0.02 ppm; Ba: ≤0.10 ppm; Bi: ≤0.10 ppm; Ca: ≤0.50 ppm; Cd: ≤0.05 ppm; Co: ≤0.02 ppm; Cr: ≤0.02 ppm; Cu: ≤0.01 ppm; Fe: ≤0.10 ppm; K: ≤0.50 ppm; Li: ≤0.10 ppm; Mg: ≤0.10 ppm; Mn: ≤0.01 ppm; Mo: ≤0.10 ppm; Na: ≤0.50 ppm; Ni: ≤0.02 ppm; Pb: ≤0.02 ppm; Sn: ≤0.10 ppm; Sr: ≤0.10 ppm; Zn: ≤0.10 ppm
• SMILES string: CO
• format: neat
• InChI: 1S/CH4O/c1-2/h2H,1H3
• InChI key: OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Methanol is an organic solvent that can be synthesized from syngas in the presence of CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalysts. It is an ideal candidate as a hydrogen source in fuel cell technology due to its high H/C ratio, low propensity for soot generation, relatively low reforming temperature and as it exists in liquid state at room temperature. In a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), methanol undergoes oxidation with air to generate electricity. The olefins (ethylene or propylene) formed from methanol via MTO (methanol-to-olefins) process, can be an alternate to oil and gas to produce hydrocarbon fuels.

Thermochemical conversion of methanol to C₂-C₁₀ hydrocarbons in the presence of shape-selective zeolites has been reported. Its oxidation on Ru-Pt catalyst system by ruthenium ad-atoms has been proposed.

Application

Methanol was used in the following studies:

• Colony forming unit-fibroblast assay of bone marrow mononuclear cells.
• As solvent for the preparation of extracts of hyphae of Aspergillus for the estimation of gliotoxin by reversed phase-HPLC.
• Immunofluorescence studies.

Packaging

In PE-bottles; also available Glass-bottles (Material no. ending with *-GL)

Safety Information

• Pictograms: GHS02,GHS06,GHS08
• Signal Word: Danger
• Hazard Statements: H225 - H301 + H311 + H331 - H370
• Precautionary Statements: P210 - P233 - P280 - P301 + P310 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P311
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 1
• Storage Class Code: 3 - Flammable liquids
• WGK: WGK 2
• Flash Point(F): 49.5 °F - closed cup
• Flash Point(C): 9.7 °C - closed cup