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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:
Grade:
ACS reagent
Assay:
≥95%
Bp:
101.2 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
2.7 mmHg ( 20 °C)
Product Name
Nitromethane, ACS reagent, ≥95%
InChI key
LYGJENNIWJXYER-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
1S/CH3NO2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3
SMILES string
C[N+]([O-])=O
grade
ACS reagent
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
Quality Level
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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.
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.
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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
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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)
Benedek Vakulya et al.
Organic letters, 7(10), 1967-1969 (2005-05-07)
Cinchona alkaloid-derived chiral bifunctional thiourea organocatalysts were synthesized and applied in the Michael addition between nitromethane and chalcones with high ee and chemical yields.
Huachang Hong et al.
The Science of the total environment, 444, 196-204 (2012-12-29)
The formations of THMs, HAAs, and HNMs from chlorination and chloramination of water from Jinlan Reservoir were investigated in this study. Results showed that monochloramine rather than chlorine generally resulted in lower concentration of DBPs, and the DBPs formation varied
Density-dependent liquid nitromethane decomposition: molecular dynamics simulations based on ReaxFF.
Naomi Rom et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 115(36), 10181-10202 (2011-08-05)
The decomposition mechanism of hot liquid nitromethane at various compressions was studied using reactive force field (ReaxFF) molecular dynamics simulations. A competition between two different initial thermal decomposition schemes is observed, depending on compression. At low densities, unimolecular C-N bond
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