Properties

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Segment

200

vapor density

3.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

4.05 psi

assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

705 °F

expl. lim.

15.1 %

dilution

(for analytical testing)

impurities

≤0.05% water, <1 ppm H₂O₂

evapn. residue

≤0.001%

color

APHA: ≤10

refractive index

n20/D 1.369 (lit.)

bp

55-56 °C (lit.)

mp

-110 °C

density

0.74 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

microbiology

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

tert-Butyl methyl ether (methyl tert-butyl ether, MTBE) is a gasoline additive. Its oxidative degradation by propane-oxidizing bacterial strains has been tested. Kinetics of its heat-mediated biodegradation has been investigated under various reaction conditions. Its biodegradation followed a pseudo-first-order decay model and its pseudo-first-order rate constants were evaluated. Its extraction from water has been proposed by employing an organic polymeric compound, Nafion. MTBE can be synthesized by acid-catalyzed reaction between methanol and isobutene. A study suggests that the addition of MTBE increases the number of active sites during polymerization of propene by stopped-flow method. This solvent meets ACS (American Chemical Society) specifications and can be used for processes requiring strict quality conditions such as analytical testing.

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Application

tert-Butyl methyl ether (methyl tert-butyl ether, MTBE) may be used:

• As sole carbon and energy source in a mixed microbial consortium.
• To extract lipids from biological fluids for shotgun profiling.
• To synthesize fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and glycerol tert-butyl ether by transesterification of canola oil in the absence of catalyst under supercritical condition.