34860

Methanol

suitable for HPLC, ≥99.9%

• Synonym(s): Methyl alcohol
• Linear Formula: CH₃OH
• CAS Number: 67-56-1
• Molecular Weight: 32.04
• Beilstein: 1098229
• EC Number: 200-659-6
• MDL number: MFCD00004595
• PubChem Substance ID: 329755069
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• vapor density: 1.11 (vs air)
• Quality Level: 100
• vapor pressure: 410 mmHg ( 50 °C); 97.68 mmHg ( 20 °C)
• Assay: ≥99.9%
• form: liquid
• autoignition temp.: 725 °F
• expl. lim.: 36 %
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; immunofluorescence: suitable
• impurities: ≤0.0005% non-volatile matter; ≤1 ppb fluorescence (quinine) at 254 nm; ≤1 ppb fluorescence (quinine) at 365 nm; <0.03% water (Karl Fischer)
• evapn. residue: <0.0005%
• color: APHA: ≤10
• refractive index: n20/D 1.329 (lit.)
• bp: 64.7 °C (lit.)
• mp: −98 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.791 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• λ: neat
• UV absorption: λ: 205 nm A_max: ≤1.00; λ: 210 nm A_max: ≤0.60; λ: 220 nm A_max: ≤0.30; λ: 230 nm A_max: ≤0.20; λ: 235 nm A_max: ≤0.10; λ: 240 nm A_max: ≤0.10; λ: 260 nm A_max: ≤0.04; λ: 280 nm A_max: ≤0.01; λ: 400 nm A_max: ≤0.01
• application(s): food and beverages
• format: neat
• SMILES string: CO
• InChI: 1S/CH4O/c1-2/h2H,1H3
• InChI key: OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Methanol is an organic solvent that can be synthesized from syngas in the presence of CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalysts. It is an ideal candidate as a hydrogen source in fuel cell technology due to its high H/C ratio, low propensity for soot generation, relatively low reforming temperature and as it exists in liquid state at room temperature. In a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), methanol undergoes oxidation with air to generate electricity. The olefins (ethylene or propylene) formed from methanol via MTO (methanol-to-olefins) process, can be an alternate to oil and gas to produce hydrocarbon fuels.

Thermochemical conversion of methanol to C₂-C₁₀ hydrocarbons in the presence of shape-selective zeolites has been reported. Its oxidation on Ru-Pt catalyst system by ruthenium ad-atoms has been proposed.

Application

Methanol (MeOH) has been used in the wholemount immunofluorescence studies of embryonic tissues.
It may be used in the following studies:

• Colony forming unit-fibroblast assay of bone marrow mononuclear cells.
• As solvent for the preparation of extracts of hyphae of Aspergillus for the estimation of gliotoxin by reversed phase-HPLC.
• Immunofluorescence studies.
• To compose the eluent for the ion-pair reverse-phase HPLC isolation of nucleotides and their decomposition products.

Methanol can be used as a mobile phase in reversed-phase liquid chromatography.

Packaging

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Preparation Note

Product filtered through a 0.2 μm filter

Other Notes

Pure-Pac^® II containers require the Micromatic MacroValve coupler for dispensing solvents, Z560723.

Important notice

• The article number 34860-4X2.5L-R will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34860-2.5L-R which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
• The article number 34860-6X1L-R will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34860-1L-R which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.

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Legal Information

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Safety Information

• Pictograms: GHS02,GHS06,GHS08
• Signal Word: Danger
• Hazard Statements: H225 - H301 + H311 + H331 - H370
• Precautionary Statements: P210 - P233 - P280 - P301 + P310 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P311
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 1
• Storage Class Code: 3 - Flammable liquids
• WGK: WGK 2
• Flash Point(F): 49.5 °F - closed cup
• Flash Point(C): 9.7 °C - closed cup