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
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1730942
• MDL number: MFCD00008812
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• NACRES: NA.07

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; pharmaceutical secondary standard
• Quality Level: 300
• 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.)
• 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, EP and BP 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.

Footnote

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_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: -27.4 °F
• flash_point_c: -33 °C