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| Preferred IUPAC name
Tetramethoxymethane | |
| Other names
Tetramethyl orthocarbonate
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| Identifiers | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.015.853 |
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| UNII | |
| UN number | 3272 |
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| Properties | |
| C5H12O4 | |
| Molar mass | 136.15 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | colourless liquid[1] |
| Density | 1.023 g/cm3 (25 °C) |
| Melting point | −5.5 °C[1] |
| Boiling point | 114 °C[1] |
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| Danger | |
| H225, H315, H319, H335 | |
| P210, P261, P305+P351+P338 | |
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Other cations
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Tetramethoxysilane |
Related compounds
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Tetraethoxymethane |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tetramethoxymethane is a chemical compound which is formally formed by complete methylation of the hypothetical orthocarbonic acid C(OH)4.
- ^ a b c H. v. Hartel, Über Existenz und Darstellung des Orthokohlensäure-tetramethylesters, Ber.dtsch.chem.Ges., 60(8), 1841 (1927), doi:10.1002/cber.19270600821.