Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is a flammable liquid that has been used as an additive for unleaded gasoline . MTBE increases octane and oxygen levels in gasoline and reduces pollution emissions. Because of concerns for groundwater contamination and water quality, MTBE is now banned or limited in several states. MTBE is also used in small amounts as a laboratory solvent and for some medical applicationsMTBE is extensively used in industry as a safer alternative to diethyl ether  as the tert-butyl group prevents MTBE from forming potentially explosive peroxides. IIt is also unstable toward strong acids. It reacts dangerously with bromine. MTBE forms azeotropes with water and methanol.In a medical procedure called contact dissolution therapy, MTBE is injected directly into the gallbladder to dissolve gallstones.Methyl tert-butyl ether is also used in the petrochemical industry. By reversal of its formation reaction, MTBE can be cracked to isobutene and methanol on acidic catalysts at higher temperature than MTBE synthesis. In principle, the decomposition of MTBE could be carried out at an acid resin catalyst in the liquid phase, but since the reaction is endothermic and due to equilibrium limitations at lower temperature, this decomposition process should be operated at higher temperatures in the gas phase. Several companies have developed process technologies for the MTBE decomposition.MTBE is used as a fuel component in fuel for gasoline engines. It is one of a group of chemicals commonly known as oxygenates because they raise the oxygen content of gasoline.

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