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M0880

Ethyl methanesulfonate

liquid

Synonym(s):

Ethyl mesylate, Methanesulfonic acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3SO3CH2CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
124.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-536-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
773969
MDL number:
Form:
liquid
Quality level:
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form

liquid

Quality Level

refractive index

n20/D 1.418 (lit.)

bp

85-86 °C/10 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.206 g/mL at 20 °C

SMILES string

CCOS(C)(=O)=O

InChI

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

InChI key

PLUBXMRUUVWRLT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Ethyl methanesulfonate had been used for inducing mutation in mouse embryonic fibroblasts, yeast human embryonic kidney cell lines and human lymphocytes.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Ethyl methanesulfonate is a DNA ethylating agent, mutagenic to plants and animals and carcinogenic in mammals. It has been used as a model alkylating agent in studies of DNA repair processes. EMS induces base substitutions of guanine-cytosine (G/C) to adenine-thymine (A/T). EMS also generates point mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms in genomes. EMS is potential chemical mutagen used for inducing mutation in rice, wheat and Arabidopsis thaliana.


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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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Kade M Power et al.
PLoS genetics, 16(10), e1009052-e1009052 (2020-10-17)
Ciliary microtubules are subject to post-translational modifications that act as a "Tubulin Code" to regulate motor traffic, binding proteins and stability. In humans, loss of CCP1, a cytosolic carboxypeptidase and tubulin deglutamylating enzyme, causes infantile-onset neurodegeneration. In C. elegans, mutations
Jinzhu Li et al.
Genes, 11(11) (2020-10-30)
Lateral root development is a complex process regulated by numerous factors. An important role for sugar in lateral root development has been known for a while, but the underlying molecular basis still remains unclear. In this study, we first showed
Genotoxicity Effect of Ethyl Methanesulfonate on Root Tip Cells of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)
Devi AS and Mullainathan L
World Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 7(4), 368-374 (2011)