| | tert-Butyl methyl ether Basic information |
| Product Name: | tert-Butyl methyl ether | | Synonyms: | Methyl tert-butyl ether, for residue analysis;Methyl-tert-bu;tert-Butyl methyl ether for HPLC, >=99.8%;tert-Butyl methyl ether HPLC Plus, for HPLC, GC, and residue analysis, 99.9%;tert-Butyl methyl ether puriss. p.a., >=99.5% (GC);tert-Butyl methyl ether reagent grade, >=98%;tert-Butyl Methyl ether ACS reagent, >=99.0%;tert-Butyl Methyl ether, 99%, SpcDry, Water≤50 ppM (by K.F.), SpcSeal | | CAS: | 1634-04-4 | | MF: | C5H12O | | MW: | 88.15 | | EINECS: | 216-653-1 | | Product Categories: | GC Solvents;CHROMASOLV Plus;HPLC Plus Grade Solvents (CHROMASOLV);Amber Glass Bottles;Analytical Reagents;Analytical/Chromatography;Chromatography Reagents &;HPLC &;HPLC/UHPLC Solvents (CHROMASOLV);Solvent Bottles;Solvent by Application;Solvent Packaging Options;Solvents;UHPLC Solvents (CHROMASOLV);Organics;Amino Acids;NMR;Spectrophotometric Grade;Spectrophotometric Solvents;Spectroscopy Solvents (IR;UV/Vis);Anhydrous Solvents;PRA;Pesticide Residue Analysis (PRA) Solvents;Solvents for GC applications;Purge &;Purge and Trap Solvents;Trap Solvents;ACS and Reagent Grade Solvents;PVC Coated Bottles;Analytical Chemistry;Standard Solution of Volatile Organic Compounds for Water & Soil Analysis;Standard Solutions (VOC);Reagent;Reagent Grade Solvents;bc0001 | | Mol File: | 1634-04-4.mol |  |
| | tert-Butyl methyl ether Chemical Properties |
| Melting point | -110 °C | | Boiling point | 55-56 °C(lit.) | | density | 0.7404 | | vapor density | 3.1 (vs air) | | vapor pressure | 4.05 psi ( 20 °C) | | refractive index | n20/D 1.369(lit.) | | Fp | -27 °F | | storage temp. | Store at +2°C to +25°C. | | solubility | 42g/l | | form | Powder or Needles | | color | APHA: ≤10 | | Specific Gravity | 0.740 | | Odor | Characteristic ethereal odor | | Relative polarity | 0.124 | | explosive limit | 1.5-8.5%(V) | | Water Solubility | 51 g/L (20 ºC) | | FreezingPoint | -108.6℃ | | λmax | λ: 210 nm Amax: 1.0
λ: 225 nm Amax: 0.50
λ: 250 nm Amax: 0.10
λ: 300-400 nm Amax: 0.005 | | Merck | 14,6032 | | BRN | 1730942 | | Exposure limits | ACGIH: TWA 50 ppm | | Stability: | Stable, but may form explosive peroxides in contact with air. Extremely flammable - note low flash point. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. | | InChIKey | BZLVMXJERCGZMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N | | LogP | 1.06 at 20℃ | | CAS DataBase Reference | 1634-04-4(CAS DataBase Reference) | | IARC | 3 (Vol. 73) 1999 | | NIST Chemistry Reference | Propane, 2-methoxy-2-methyl-(1634-04-4) | | EPA Substance Registry System | Methyl tert-butyl ether (1634-04-4) |
| | tert-Butyl methyl ether Usage And Synthesis |
| Chemical Properties | tert-Butyl methyl ether, also known as MTBE or Methyl tert-butyl ether, is a clear, colorless liquid with a low viscosity that is combustible and has a distinct, turpentine-like odor. It is miscible with organic solvents, but only slightly soluble in water. Methyl tert-butyl ether is very stable under alkaline, neutral, and weakly acidic conditions. In the presence of strong acids, it is cleaved to methanol and isobutene. Depending on reaction conditions the latter can form isobutene oligomers. MTBE does not undergo autoxidation and, in contrast to other ethers, it does not form peroxides with atmospheric oxygen. It improves the antiknock properties when added to motor gasoline. | | History | tert-Butyl methyl ether was first synthesized (by the classical Williamson ether synthesis) and characterized in 1904. Extensive studies in the United States during World War II demonstrated the outstanding qualities of MTBE as a high-octane fuel component. It was first commercially produced in Italy in 1973 for use as an octane enhancer in gasoline. U.S. production of MTBE started in 1979 after Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) was granted a waiver by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allowed MTBE to be blended up to 7 vol % in U.S. unleaded gasoline. The use of other aliphatic ethers was allowed when the U.S. EPA issued its “substantially similar” definition for unleaded gasoline specifications in 1981. Under this definition, any aliphatic ether or ether mixture could be blended in unleaded gasoline as long as the total oxygen contribution from the ethers does not exceed 2.0% oxygen by weight in the gasoline. This allowed MTBE to be blended up to approximately 11 vol % in gasoline. | | Uses | Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was primarily used as a gasoline additive in unleaded gasoline in the United States prior to 2005, in the manufacture of isobutene, and as a chromatographic eluent especially in high pressure liquid chromatography. It is also a pharmaceutical agent and can be injected into the gallbladder to dissolve gallstones (ATSDR, 1996). tert-Butyl methyl ether is also used in the petrochemical industry. By reversal of its formation reaction, MTBE can be cracked to isobutene and methanol on acidic catalysts at higher temperature than MTBE synthesis. | | Definition | ChEBI: Methyl tert-butyl ether is an ether having methyl and tert-butyl as the two alkyl components. It has a role as a non-polar solvent, a fuel additive and a metabolite. | | Preparation | tert-butyl methyl ether can be prepared by the reaction of potassium tert-butoxide and bromomethane. Methyl tert-butyl ether also can be obtained by the acid-catalyzed addition of methanol to isobutene. Suitable catalysts are solid acids such as bentonites, zeolites and – commonly used in industrial world scale MTBE-production units – macroporous acidic ion-exchange resins. The reaction is weakly exothermic with a heat of reaction of -37.7 kJ/mol.
 | | Application | tert-Butyl methyl ether (MTBE) is a gasoline additive. MTBE undergoes oxidative degradation in the presence of propane-oxidizing bacterial strains. The kinetic studies of heat-assisted persulfate oxidation of MTBE under various parameters suggests that the reaction follows the pseudo-first-order kinetics. MTBE can be synthesized by acid catalyzed reaction between methanol and isobutene. It is an effective alternative to lead containing additives for enhancing the octane rating of gasoline. A study suggests that the addition of MTBE increases the number of active sites during polymerization of propene by stopped-flow method.
tert-Butyl methyl ether may be used to synthesize fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and glycerol tert-butyl ether via transesterification with canola oil under supercritical conditions. | | General Description | Methyl tert-butyl ether appears as a colorless liquid with a distinctive anesthetic-like odor. Vapors are heavier than air and narcotic. Boiling point 131°F. Flash point 18°F. Less dense than water and miscible in water. Used as a octane booster in gasoline. | | Air & Water Reactions | Highly flammable. Oxidizes readily in air to form unstable peroxides that may explode spontaneously [Bretherick 1979. p.151-154, 164]. A mixture of liquid air and diethyl ether exploded spontaneously [MCA Case History 616. 1960]. | | Reactivity Profile | Ethers, such as tert-Butyl methyl ether, can act as bases. They form salts with strong acids and addition complexes with Lewis acids. The complex between diethyl ether and boron trifluoride is an example. Ethers may react violently with strong oxidizing agents. In other reactions, which typically involve the breaking of the carbon-oxygen bond, ethers are relatively inert. | | Hazard | Slightly toxic by ingestion and inhalation.
Flammable when exposed to heat or flame. Upper
respiratory tract irritant and kidney damage. Questionable carcinogen. | | Health Hazard | INHALATION: May cause dizziness or suffocation. Contact may irritate or burn eyes or skin. May be harmful if swallowed. | | Industrial uses | Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is used as an octane enhancer in gasoline. EPA
regulations allow up to 2.7 wt.% oxygen in gasoline which allows 15 vol.%
MTBE in gasoline. Other alkyl ethers can also be blended into gasoline up to the
2.7 wt% oxygen requirement. The stability of MTBE to oxidation and peroxide
formation gives this unsymmetrical ether an advantage over other ethers in various
extraction and reaction solvent applications. | | Safety Profile | Poison by intravenous
route. Slightly toxic by ingestion and
inhalation. Flammable when exposed to heat
or flame. When heated to decomposition it
emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. See
also ETHERS. | | Potential Exposure | Used as an organic solvent; as an
octane booster in unleaded gasolines; in making other chemicals; and in medicine to dissolve gall stones | | Carcinogenicity | EPA has not classified methyl tert-butyl ether with respect to potential carcinogenicity. There is evidence for the carcinogenicity of MTBE in animals. MTBE causes leukemias/lymphomas in female rats, renal tubular tumors and Leydig cell tumors in male rats, and hepatocellular tumors in mice. Positive animal carcinogenicity data and some further concordance in tumor sites for formaldehyde and TBA, metabolites of MTBE, provide support for this conclusion. However, uncertainties remain about the nature and extent of risk at very low doses, and about the particular tumor sites that are most relevant to humans. | | Environmental Fate | tert-Butyl Methyl Ether can be released during manufacturing or blending with gasoline; during the storage, distribution, and transfer of MTBE-blended gasoline; and from spills or leaks or fugitive emissions at automotive service stations (U.S. EPA, 1994a). Vapor emissions from MTBE-blended gasoline may also contribute to atmospheric levels (U.S. EPA, 1988). It is not expected to persist in the atmosphere because it undergoes destruction from reactions with hydroxyl radicals. A total atmospheric lifetime for MTBE of approximately 3 and 6.1 days has been reported in polluted urban air and in nonpolluted rural air, respectively (U.S. EPA, 1993a). Based upon its vapor pressure and Henry s law constant, MTBE is highly volatile and would be expected to evaporate rapidly from soil surfaces or water. It may be fairly persistent when introduced into subsurface soils or to groundwater since volatilization to the atmosphere is reduced or eliminated. It does not readily degrade in surface waters due to hydrolysis or other abiotic processes. It is also resistant to biodegradation (U.S. EPA, 1993a). It is usually removed from surface waters very rapidly because of its high volatility. If released as part of a gasoline mixture from leaking underground storage tanks, its relatively high water solubility combined with little tendency to sorb to soil particles encourages migration to local groundwater supplies (U.S. EPA, 1993a). | | Shipping | UN2398 Methyl tert-butyl ether, Hazard Class: 3;
Labels: 3-Flammable liquid.
| | Purification Methods | Purify as for n-butyl methyl ether. [Beilstein 1 IV 1615.] | | Incompatibilities | May form explosive mixture with air.
May be able to form unstable peroxides. Much less likely
to form peroxides than other ethers. Incompatible with
strong acids. Incompatible with oxidizers (chlorates,
nitrates, peroxides, permanganates, perchlorates, chlorine,
bromine, fluorine, etc.); contact may cause fires or explosions. Keep away from alkaline materials, strong bases,
strong acids, oxoacids, epoxides. May accumulate static
electrical charges, and cause ignition of its vapors. | | Waste Disposal | Dissolve or mix the material
with a combustible solvent and burn in a chemical incinerator equipped with an afterburner and scrubber. All federal,
state, and local environmental regulations must be observed. |
| | tert-Butyl methyl ether Preparation Products And Raw materials |
| Raw materials | Methanol-->Isobutylene-->DOYLE DIRHODIUM CATALYST-RH2(4S-MEOX)4 | | Preparation Products | Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium-->3-N-Boc-amino-azetidine-->Azetidine-->N-METHYL-P-ANISIDINE-->N-Phospho-L-arginine-->1-(Boc-amino)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid-->1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid-->HEXAFLUOROACETYLACETONE-->((1R,4S)-2-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one-->Azetidine hydrochloride-->4,6-Dimethylpyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid-->4-Vinylbenzyl chloride-->3-AMINO-PYRIDINE-4-CARBALDEHYDE-->Tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium-chloroform adduct-->5-METHOXY-1H-PYRROLO[3,2-B]PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID-->(3-AMINO-PYRIDIN-4-YL)-METHANOL-->4-PYRIDIN-2-YLISOXAZOL-5-AMINE-->3-AMINO-ISONICOTINIC ACID ETHYL ESTER-->5-METHOXY-1H-PYRROLO[2,3-C]PYRIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID-->ETHYL 2-(BROMOMETHYL)ACRYLATE-->TERT-BUTYL METHYL MALONATE-->Sodium triacetoxyborohydride-->PHOSPHO-L-ARGININE SODIUM-->3-METHOXYBENZYL BROMIDE-->2,2,2-Trichloroethyl chloroformate-->BIS(4-NITROBENZYL) PHOSPHOROCHLORIDATE-->5-METHOXY-1H-PYRROLO[2,3-C]PYRIDINE-2-CARBALDEHYDE-->2-(2-NITROPHENYL)ACRYLALDEHYDE-->N,N-Diethylacetoacetamide-->Brinzolamide-->Tetraheptylammonium bromide-->(1R,2R)-(-)-1,2-Diaminocyclohexane-->4-Aminotetrahydropyran hydrochloride-->6-Aminoindole-->2-Methoxyethyl acetate-->6-Nitroindole-->5-AMINOINDOLE HYDROCHLORIDE-->2-CHLOROMALONALDEHYDE-->Methyl 2-aminothiophene-3-carboxylate-->N-OCTADECYLTRICHLOROSILANE |
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