C4H10O3
106.12 g/mol
Industrial ChemicalDanger
Trimethoxymethane
CAS149-73-5EC205-745-7
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
Other
Primary Use
orthoester reagent and solvent
Trimethoxymethane is an orthoester reagent and solvent used in organic synthesis. It serves as a versatile building block for introducing the methoxymethylidene group in chemical reactions.
orthoester reagentsolvent in organic synthesisreagent for methoxymethylidene group introduction
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Safety Reference
Danger
H225Highly flammable liquid and vapour
H319Causes serious eye irritation
H335May cause respiratory irritation
H332Harmful if inhaled
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
trimethoxymethane
InChIKey
PYOKUURKVVELLB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
COC(OC)OC
Synonyms (23)
- (MeO)3CH
- CH(OMe)3
- HC(OMe)3
- Methane, trimethoxy-
- Methoxymethylal
- Methyl orthoformate
- Orthoformic acid methyl ester
- Orthoformic acid trimethyl
- Orthomravencan methylnaty
- PERMA-FLO OF
- TRIMETHYL ORTHOFORMATE
- Trimethoxymethane
- trimethylorthoformat
- trimetyl orthoformate
- trirnethylorthoformate