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331635

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Tetramethylammonium hydroxide solution

25 wt. % in H2O

Synonym(s):

TMAH solution

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)4N(OH)
CAS Number:
75-59-2
Molecular Weight:
91.15
Beilstein:
3558708
MDL number:
MFCD00008280
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24859984
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor pressure

17.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Quality Level

200

form

liquid

concentration

25 wt. % in H2O

refractive index

n20/D 1.3806

density

1.016 g/mL at 25 °C

functional group

amine

SMILES string

[OH-].C[N+](C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C4H12N.H2O/c1-5(2,3)4;/h1-4H3;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

WGTYBPLFGIVFAS-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Tetramethylammonium hydroxide solution is commonly used as a strong base and nucleophilic source in organic synthesis reactions.

Application

Tetramethylammonium hydroxide is a quaternary ammonium salt generally used as an anisotropic etchant for silicon due to its high silicon etching rate.
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide solution (25 wt.% solution in water) may be used as a base for pH adjustment to obtain hexagonal mesoporous aluminophosphate (TAP).

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Dermal - Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT RE 1 Dermal - STOT SE 1

Target Organs

Central nervous system, Liver,thymus

Storage Class Code

6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

PDSCL

Poisonous substance

PRTR

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ISHL Indicated Name

Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

ISHL Notified Names

Substances Subject to be Notified Names

JAN Code

331635-VAR:
331635-10L:
331635-1L:4548173321165
331635-INTR:
331635-BULK:
331635-250ML:4548173321172

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Synthesis of mesoporous hexagonal titanium aluminophosphate molecular sieves and their catalytic applications
Kapoor MP & Raj A.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 203(2), 311-319 (2000)
The characteristic behavior of TMAH water solution for anisotropic etching on both silicon substrate and SiO 2 layer.
Chen PH, et al.
Sensors and actuators A, Physical, 93(2), 132-137 (2001)
Study on anisotropic silicon etching characteristics in various surfactant-added tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide water solutions.
Yang CR, et al.
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 15(11), 2028-2028 (2005)
Lulu Xie et al.
Science (New York, N.Y.), 342(6156), 373-377 (2013-10-19)
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Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(4), 2091-2098 (2011-11-08)
A new water-soluble conjugated polymer containing fluorene and boron-dipyrromethene repeat units in the backbones (PBF) that exhibits red emission was synthesized and characterized. Cationic PBF forms uniform nanoparticles with negatively charged disodium salt 3,3'-dithiodipropionic acid (SDPA) in aqueous solution through
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