Suitable for HPLC spectrophotometry environmental testing

For R&D

tert-Butyl methyl ether (MTBE) is primarily used as a gasoline additive. Its oxidative degradation has been studied using propane-oxidizing bacterial strains and the kinetics of heat-assisted persulfate oxidation have been examined under varying pH temperature oxidant concentration and ionic strength. MTBE biodegradation follows a pseudo-first-order decay model with corresponding rate constants determined. It can be synthesized via acid-catalyzed reaction between methanol and isobutene. Additionally studies indicate that MTBE addition increases the number of active sites during propene polymerization.