Iodomethane

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Iodomethane
• CAS No.: 74-88-4
• Deprecated CAS: 147937-07-3,1519044-66-6,1173018-72-8
• Molecular Formula: CH3I
• Molecular Weight: 141.939
• Hs Code.: 2903399030
• European Community (EC) Number: 200-819-5
• ICSC Number: 0509
• NSC Number: 9366
• UN Number: 2644
• UNII: DAT010ZJSR
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID0024187
• Nikkaji Number: J1.063.962J,J1.245.462G,J2.382E
• Wikipedia: Iodomethane
• Wikidata: Q421729,Q83037351
• Metabolomics Workbench ID: 56218
• ChEMBL ID: CHEMBL115849
• Mol file: 74-88-4.mol

Synonyms:iodomethane;iodomethane-D3;methyl iodide;methyl iodide, 11C-labeled;methyl iodide, 131I-labeled;methyl iodide, 132I-labeled;methyl iodide, 13C-labeled;methyl iodide, 14C-labeled;methyl iodide, 2H-labeled

Chemical Property of Iodomethane

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: Clear colourless liquid with acrid odor
• Vapor Pressure: 437mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: -64(lit.)
• Refractive Index: n20/D 1.530
• Boiling Point: 40.313 °C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 7.798 °C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 2.279 g/cm³
• LogP: 1.05120
• Water Solubility.: 14 g/L (20℃)
• XLogP3: 1.5
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 141.92795
• Heavy Atom Count: 2
• Complexity: 2
• Transport DOT Label: Poison Inhalation Hazard

Purity/Quality:

95+% ^*data from raw suppliers

Safty Information:

• Pictogram(s): T, F, Xn
• Hazard Codes: F:Flammable;;
• Statements: R11:; R21:; R23/25:; R37/38:; R40:
• Safety Statements: S16:; S24:; S36/37:; S38:; S45:; S9:

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Toxic Gases & Vapors -> Other Toxic Gases & Vapors
• Canonical SMILES: CI
• Inhalation Risk: A harmful contamination of the air can be reached very quickly on evaporation of this substance at 20 °C.
• Effects of Short Term Exposure: The substance is irritating to the eyes, skin and respiratory tract. The substance may cause effects on the central nervous system. The effects may be delayed. Medical observation is indicated.
• Effects of Long Term Exposure: Tumours have been detected in experimental animals but may not be relevant to humans.

Technology Process of Iodomethane

There total 480 articles about Iodomethane which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 78.0%

chloro-trimethyl-silane (75-77-4) + benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal (1125-88-8) → Trimethylmethoxysilane (1825-61-2) + benzaldehyde (100-52-7) + methyl iodide (74-88-4)

Guidance literature:

With potassium iodide; In acetonitrile; at 50 - 70 ℃; for 2.16667h; Temperature; Time;

Reference yield: 56.0%

chloro-trimethyl-silane (75-77-4) + 1,1-dimethoxybutane (4461-87-4) → Trimethylmethoxysilane (1825-61-2) + butyraldehyde (123-72-8) + methyl iodide (74-88-4)

Guidance literature:

With potassium iodide; In acetonitrile; at 45 - 50 ℃; for 2h;

Reference yield: 54.0%

chloro-trimethyl-silane (75-77-4) + cycloxexanone dimethyl ketal (933-40-4) → Trimethylmethoxysilane (1825-61-2) + cyclohexanone (108-94-1,11119-77-0,9003-41-2,9075-99-4) + methyl iodide (74-88-4)

Guidance literature:

With potassium iodide; In acetonitrile; at 45 - 50 ℃; for 2h;

upstream raw materials:

methanol

2-iodo-propane

2-iodo-2-methylbutane

tetrachloromethane

Downstream raw materials:

2,3-O-Isopropylidene-4-O-methyl-1,6-di-O-tosyl-β-D-fructofuranose

methyl-[O⁴,O⁶-dimethyl-O²,O³-bis-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-α-D-glucopyranoside]

O³,O⁴-isopropylidene-O²,O⁵-dimethyl-O¹,O⁶-ditrityl-D-mannitol

1,4-Diiodobutane

Refernces

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