("tris"), a widely used buffer and ingredient in alkyd resins.

Solvent and stabilizer

The major application is as a stabilizer in chlorinated solvents. As an organic solvent, nitromethane has an unusual combination of properties: highly polar (?_r = 36 at 20 °C and u = 3.5 Debye) but aprotic and weakly basic. This combination makes it useful for dissolving positively charged, strongly electrophilic species. It is a solvent for

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