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87920

Tetramethylsilane

analytical standard, suitable for NMR (spectroscopy), ACS reagent

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Linear Formula:
Si(CH3)4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
88.22
UNSPSC Code:
12142201
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-899-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1696908
MDL number:
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Quality Segment

grade

ACS reagent, analytical standard

vapor pressure

11.66 psi ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.5% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

842 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.358 (lit.), n20/D 1.359

bp

26-28 °C (lit.)

mp

−99 °C (lit.)

density

0.648 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

suitability

suitable for NMR (spectroscopy)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

C[Si](C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C4H12Si/c1-5(2,3)4/h1-4H3

InChI key

CZDYPVPMEAXLPK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Tetramethylsilane has been recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) as a universal reference for all nuclides. It is commonly used as a reference standard in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for measuring proton chemical shifts and the temperature dependence of the 1H chemical shift of TMS in solvents such as chloroform, methanol, and dimethylsulfoxide is studied.

Application

Tetramethylsilane may be used as an internal standard for the quantitative analysis of medicinal plant extracts and herbal products using the quantitative NMR (qNMR) method. It may also be used as an internal standard to investigate peroxide-based chemical systems for the crosslinking reactions carried on isotactic polypropylene using FT-IR spectrometry and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) techniques.


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Flame

signalword

Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 1

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

-16.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-27 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves



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