Back كلوريد ميثيل المغنيسيوم Arabic متیل‌منیزیوم کولورید AZB Methylmagnesiumchlorid German متیل‌منیزیم کلرید Persian Chlorure de méthylmagnésium French Cloruro di metilmagnesio Italian Methylmagnesiumchloride Dutch Cloreto de metil-magnésio Portuguese Метилмагнийхлорид Russian Metilmagnezijum hlorid Serbo-Croatian

Methylmagnesium chloride

Methylmagnesium chloride
Names
IUPAC name
chlorido(methyl)magnesium
Other names
(chloromagnesio)methane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.010.573 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 211-629-7
UNII
  • InChI=1S/CH3.ClH.Mg/h1H3;1H;/q;;+1/p-1 checkY
    Key: RQNMYNYHBQQZSP-UHFFFAOYSA-M checkY
  • InChI=1/CH3.ClH.Mg/h1H3;1H;/q;;+1/p-1/rCH3Mg.ClH/c1-2;/h1H3;1H/q+1;/p-1
    Key: RQNMYNYHBQQZSP-OWCPXFRBAR
  • [Cl-].[Mg+]C
Properties
CH3MgCl
Molar mass 74.79 g/mol
Appearance colorless solid
Reacts with water
Solubility soluble in diethyl ether and THF
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
 Flammable, Reacts with water
GHS labelling:
GHS02: FlammableGHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H225, H250, H260, H314
P210, P222, P223, P231+P232, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P334, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P335+P334, P363, P370+P378, P402+P404, P403+P235, P405, P422, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 3: Short exposure could cause serious temporary or residual injury. E.g. chlorine gasFlammability 3: Liquids and solids that can be ignited under almost all ambient temperature conditions. Flash point between 23 and 38 °C (73 and 100 °F). E.g. gasolineInstability 2: Undergoes violent chemical change at elevated temperatures and pressures, reacts violently with water, or may form explosive mixtures with water. E.g. white phosphorusSpecial hazard W: Reacts with water in an unusual or dangerous manner. E.g. sodium, sulfuric acid
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W
Flash point −17 °C (1 °F; 256 K)
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Phenylmagnesium bromide, Dibutylmagnesium
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Methylmagnesium chloride is an organometallic compound with the general formula CH3MgCl. This highly flammable, colorless, and moisture sensitive material is the simplest Grignard reagent and is commercially available, usually as a solution in tetrahydrofuran.

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