Substance

ID:715190

Names and Identifiers
IUPAC name
nitromethane
IUPAC Traditional name
nitromethane
Synonyms
Nitromethane硝基甲烷
Registration numbers
CAS Number
EC Number
MDL Number
Beilstein Number
Merck Index
Properties
Safety Information
Packing Group
II
GHS Pictograms
GHS02
Flammable gases, category 1
Flammable aerosols, categories 1,2
Flammable liquids, categories 1,2,3
Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types B,C,D,E,F
Pyrophoric liquids, category 1
Pyrophoric solids, category 1
Self-heating substances and mixtures
Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases, categories 1,2,3
Organic peroxides, Types B,C,D,E,F
GHS07
Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), category 4
Skin irritation, category 2
Eye irritation, category 2
Skin sensitisation, category 1
Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single exposure, category 3
UN Number
UN1261
GHS Hazard statements
H226-H302
European Hazard Symbols
Harmful Harmful (X)
TSCA Listed
GHS Precautionary statements
P260-P370+P380+P375
RTECS
PA9800000
Risk Statements
5-10-22
Safety Statements
41
Hazard Class
3
Product Information
Purity
98+%
Physical Property
Boiling Point
101°C
Melting Point
-29°C
Density
1.130
Flash Point
35°C(95°F)
Refractive Index
1.3820
Molecule Details
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Molecular Spectra
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References
• For conditions for the Henry (nitro-aldol) condensation of nitroalkanes with carbonyl compounds, see 1-Nitropropane, A11975. In the Tiffeneau-Demjanov ring expansion of ketones, the nitro aldol is reduced to the ?-hydroxyamine before diazotization; see, e.g. (cyclohexanone to cycloheptanone): Org. Synth. Coll., 4, 221 (1963); review: Org. React., 11, 157 (1960).
• For a brief feature on uses of this reagent in Organic synthesis, see: Synlett, 1174 (2007).
• For reaction with TosMIC adducts to give pyrroles, see p-Toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide, A14312.
• For a review of the use of nitro compounds as alkyl anion synthons, including methods for removing the nitro group from the resulting carbon skeletons, see: Synthesis, 833 (1988).