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02736

2-Methylimidazole

≥95.0% (HPLC), pharmaceutical impurity standard

Synonym(s):

Ondansetron impurity F (PhEur), 2-Methylglyoxaline

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H6N2
CAS Number:
693-98-1
Molecular Weight:
82.10
EC Number:
211-765-7
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329747501
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1368
MDL number:
MFCD00005190

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InChI

1S/C4H6N2/c1-4-5-2-3-6-4/h2-3H,1H3,(H,5,6)

InChI key

LXBGSDVWAMZHDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

Cc1ncc[nH]1

grade

analytical standard

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 0 °C)

assay

≥95.0% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

impurities

≤10.0% related substances, ≤5.0% solvents, ≤5.0% water

bp

267-268 °C (lit.)

mp

142-143 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Repr. 1B - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class

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

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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M van Gastel et al.
Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 4(3), 257-265 (1999-08-10)
Frozen solutions of the azurin mutant His117Gly in the presence of excess of methyl-substituted imidazoles have been investigated by electron spin-echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopy at 9 GHz. The addition of imidazole is known to reconstitute a blue-copper site and
P C Chan et al.
Archives of toxicology, 82(6), 399-412 (2007-10-10)
2-Methylimidazole (2MI) has been identified as a by-product of fermentation and is detected in foods and mainstream and side-stream tobacco smoke. It is used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, photographic chemicals, dyes and pigments, agricultural chemicals, and rubber. Carcinogenicity studies
Jerry D Johnson et al.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A, 65(12), 869-879 (2002-06-25)
The toxicokinetics of 2-methylimidazole (2-MI) were studied in male and female Fischer 344 rats after a single iv dose of 10 mg/kg or gavage dose of 25, 50, or 100 mg/kg. The 2-MI was formulated in 0.05 M phosphate-buffered saline
Janosch Cravillon et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 50(35), 8067-8071 (2011-07-13)
Prenucleation clusters: in situ synchrotron X-ray scattering with a one-second time resolution revealed the occurrence of nano-sized clusters during the nucleation and early growth of nanocrystals of a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF). The complex crystallization process exhibits similarities with crystallization processes
Wenxiang Cao et al.
Biochemistry, 43(22), 7017-7027 (2004-06-02)
We use laser flash photolysis and time-resolved Raman spectroscopy of CO-bound heme complexes to study proximal and distal influences on ligand rebinding kinetics. We report kinetics of CO rebinding to microperoxidase (MP) and 2-methylimidazole ligated Fe protoporphyrin IX in the
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