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220507

Ethyl methanesulfonate

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Synonym(s):

Ethyl mesylate, Methanesulfonic acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3SO3CH2CH3
CAS Number:
62-50-0
Molecular Weight:
124.16
EC Number:
200-536-7
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
329752241
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
773969
MDL number:
MFCD00007559

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InChI key

PLUBXMRUUVWRLT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C3H8O3S/c1-3-6-7(2,4)5/h3H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCOS(C)(=O)=O

assay

99%

refractive index

n20/D 1.418 (lit.)

bp

85-86 °C/10 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.206 g/mL at 20 °C

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GHS08,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Muta. 1B - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

212.0 °F

flash_point_c

100 °C

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Interspecific comparison of ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutation rates in relation to genome size.
A P Schalet
Mutation research, 49(3), 313-340 (1978-03-01)
Nidhi Rawat et al.
BMC plant biology, 12, 205-205 (2012-11-09)
Triticum monococcum L., an A genome diploid einkorn wheat, was the first domesticated crop. As a diploid, it is attractive genetic model for the study of gene structure and function of wheat-specific traits. Diploid wheat is currently not amenable to
Elmar Gocke et al.
Toxicology letters, 190(3), 254-265 (2009-10-28)
In order to assess the risk of patients being exposed to an anti-AIDS medication contaminated with EMS we have performed in depth genotoxicity, general toxicity and DMPK investigations. The results of these studies are reported in the accompanying papers of
G A Sega
Mutation research, 134(2-3), 113-142 (1984-09-01)
Ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) is a monofunctional ethylating agent that has been found to be mutagenic in a wide variety of genetic test systems from viruses to mammals. It has also been shown to be carcinogenic in mammals. Alkylation of cellular
Mingguang Lei et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(1), 527-532 (2013-11-20)
DNA methylation is important for the silencing of transposons and other repetitive elements in many higher eukaryotes. However, plant and mammalian genomes have evolved to contain repetitive elements near or inside their genes. How these genes are kept from being
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