• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Nitromethane
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Nitromethane CH3NO2 = 61.04 (75-52-5)

Clear, colourless, oily liquid, slightly soluble in water, miscible with ethanol (96%).

bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_n_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts d_20_20.png, 1.132 to 1.134; bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_n_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts n_20_d.png, 1.381 to 1.383.

Distillation range (2.2.11) Not less than 95% distils between 100° and 103°.