360554
Nitromethane
ACS reagent, ≥95%
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CH3NO2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
61.04
UNSPSC Code:
12352102
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-876-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1698205
MDL number:
Assay:
≥95%
Grade:
ACS reagent
Bp:
101.2 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
2.7 mmHg ( 20 °C)
grade
ACS reagent
Quality Level
vapor density
2.1 (vs air)
vapor pressure
2.7 mmHg ( 20 °C)
assay
≥95%
form
liquid
autoignition temp.
784 °F
expl. lim.
7.3 %, 33 °F
dilution
(for analytical testing)
impurities
≤0.05% water
color
APHA: ≤10
refractive index
n20/D 1.382 (lit.)
pH
6.4 (20 °C, 0.01 g/L)
bp
101.2 °C (lit.)
mp
−29 °C (lit.)
density
1.127 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
suitability
clear for appearance
SMILES string
C[N+]([O-])=O
InChI
1S/CH3NO2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3
InChI key
LYGJENNIWJXYER-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
Nitromethane is an aliphatic nitro compound that is commonly used as a solvent for chemical processing and analysis.
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Premium ACS Solvents: Our solvents meet or exceed the stringent standards set by the American Chemical Society, ensuring high quality and reliability for your laboratory applications.
Replicable and Publishable Results: Designed for consistency, our solvents deliver results that can be reliably reproduced, making them ideal for research that requires publication.
Versatile Applications: Suitable for routine chemical synthesis, drying, purification, and critical labware cleaning, our solvents cater to a wide range of research needs in the laboratory.
Application
Nitromethane can be used as a solvent in the:
- FeCl3-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with alcohols.
- Cobalt-catalyzed dehydration of aldoximes to nitriles.
- Chemoselective oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds.
- Gold-catalyzed hydroarylation of aryl-substituted alkynes.
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Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Repr. 2
Storage Class
4.1A - Other explosive hazardous materials
wgk
WGK 2
flash_point_f
95.0 °F - closed cup
flash_point_c
35 °C - closed cup
Regulatory Information
危险化学品
易制爆化学品
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Metal ion encapsulation: cobalt cages derived from polyamines, formaldehyde, and nitromethane.
Geue RJ, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106(19), 5478-5488 (1984)
The catalytic chemistry of nitromethane over Co-ZSM5 and other catalysts in connection with the methane-NOxSCR reaction.
Cowan AD, et al.
J. Catal., 176(2), 329-343 (1998)
Ryan R Walvoord et al.
Organic letters, 14(16), 4086-4089 (2012-07-31)
An efficient cross-coupling reaction of aryl halides and nitromethane was developed with the use of parallel microscale experimentation. The arylnitromethane products are precursors for numerous useful synthetic products. An efficient method for their direct conversion to the corresponding oximes and
Global Trade Item Number
| SKU | GTIN |
|---|---|
| 360554-1L | 04061837566141 |
| 360554-2.5L | 04061837566158 |
| 360554-4X4L | 04061831823738 |
| 360554-500ML | 04061831823745 |
| 360554-4L | 04061837566172 |