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4(5)-Methylimidazole

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Synonym(s):

1H-4-Methylimidazole, 4(or 5)-Methylimidazole, 4-Methyl-1H-imidazole, 4-Methylimidazole, 5-Methyl-1H-imidazole, 5-Methylimidazole

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H6N2
CAS Number:
822-36-6
Molecular Weight:
82.10
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24851942
EC Number:
212-497-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1453
MDL number:
MFCD00005201
Assay:
98%
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Quality Level

100

assay

98%

bp

263 °C (lit.)

mp

44-47 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble, clear, colorless to yellow (50 mg/mL)

SMILES string

Cc1c[nH]cn1

InChI

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

InChI key

XLSZMDLNRCVEIJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

4(5)-Methylimidazole was quantified in coffee by GC-MS method.

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signalword

Danger

flash_point_f

314.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

157 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 1B - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

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

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P C Chan et al.
Archives of toxicology, 82(1), 45-53 (2007-07-11)
4-Methylimidazole (4MI) is used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, photographic chemicals, dyes and pigments, cleaning and agricultural chemicals, and rubber. It has been identified as a by-product of fermentation in foods and has been detected in mainstream and side stream
Eric D Watt et al.
Biophysical journal, 101(2), 411-420 (2011-07-20)
Rate-limiting millisecond motions in wild-type (WT) Ribonuclease A (RNase A) are modulated by histidine 48. Here, we incorporate an unnatural amino acid, thia-methylimidazole, at this site (H48C-4MI) to investigate the effects of a single residue on protein motions over multiple
Shinji Hashimoto et al.
Biochemistry, 45(32), 9660-9667 (2006-08-09)
Ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) spectroscopy has been used to characterize the structure and hydrogen bonding state of the distal histidine (His42) in horseradish peroxidase (HRP) complexed with carbon monoxide (HRP-CO). The HRP-CO - HRP UVRR difference spectrum in D(2)O solution
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