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tert-Amyl methyl ether

CAS 994-05-8

tert-Amyl methyl ether chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

tert-Amyl methyl ether in plain language

What it is

Also known as 2-Methoxy-2-methylbutane · Tame · 1,1-Dimethylpropyl methyl ether · 2-Methoxy-2-methylbutan · 2-Methyl-2-methoxy butane · 2-Methyl-2-methoxybutane

Show all 20 names

2-methoxy-2-methyl-butane · 2-metil-2-metoxibutano · Amyl methyl ether, tert- · Butane, 2-methoxy-2-methyl- · methyl tert-pentyl Ether · Methyl tert-amyl ether · Methyl 1,1-dimethylpropyl ether · Methyl 2-methyl-2-butyl ether · TAME (ether) · t-Amyl methyl ether · tert-Amyl methyl ether (TAME) · tert-Pentyl methyl ether · tert-amyl methyl ether % wt: 10.00-19.99 · tertiary-amyl-methyl-ether

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for tert-Amyl methyl ether yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. tert-Amyl methyl ether appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 104 composition records across product categories including Vehicle.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 104 composition records across product categories including Vehicle.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for tert-Amyl methyl ether yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-02-27

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed tert-Amyl methyl ether in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

104

Named organisations

1

Vehicle
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