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Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide - Tatvachintan
Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide - Tatvachintan
Hydroxide
Hydroxide chemical formula OH. It consists of an oxygen and a hydrogen atom held together by
sharing of electron pairs, and carries a negative electric charge.
Products of hydroxide, which are manufactured at Tatvachintan Pharma Chem Pvt. Ltd. are:
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide
Tetraethyletraethylammonium hydroxide
Tetrapropylammonium hydroxide
Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
Benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide:
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) is a quaternary ammonium salt, the molecular formula
is N(CH3)4+OH, and is one of the simplest members of this class of organic compounds. This
substance is known in a (relatively) stable solid form only as the pentahydrate. Commercially, the
forms in which TMAH is most commonly encountered are as concentrated solutions in water or
methanol. The solid and solutions are colorless, or yellowish if impure. Although TMAH has
virtually no odor when pure, samples often have a strongly fishy smell from the trimethylamine
which is commonly present as an impurity.
Prepration:
Known the location of the fire extinguisher, eyewasher, and safty shower before beginning
work.
TMAH is very toxic and should not contact your skin. Recent industrial experience indicates
Thus skin exposure to >1% TMAH over a few percent of the body must be treated as a life
threating event.