CHEBI:59059 - methyl isocyanate

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ChEBI Name methyl isocyanate
ChEBI ID CHEBI:59059
Definition The isocyanate that is methane modified by a single isocyanato substituent.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C2H3NO
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 57.05130
Monoisotopic Mass 57.02146
InChI InChI=1S/C2H3NO/c1-3-2-4/h1H3
InChIKey HAMGRBXTJNITHG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CN=C=O
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): allergen
A chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy.
apoptosis inducer
Any substance that induces the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in multi-celled organisms.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing methyl isocyanate (CHEBI:59059) has role allergen (CHEBI:50904)
methyl isocyanate (CHEBI:59059) has role apoptosis inducer (CHEBI:68495)
methyl isocyanate (CHEBI:59059) is a isocyanates (CHEBI:53212)
Incoming aldicarb (CHEBI:2555) has functional parent methyl isocyanate (CHEBI:59059)
IUPAC Name
isocyanatomethane
Synonyms Sources
Iso-cyanatomethane ChemIDplus
Isocyanate de methyle ChemIDplus
isocyanatomethane ChEBI
Methyl carbonimide ChemIDplus
methyl isocyanate UniProt
Methyl isocyanide ChemIDplus
Methylcarbylamine ChemIDplus
MIC NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xref Database
DB04337 DrugBank
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
100500 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
605318 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
624-83-9 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
624-83-9 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
16091349 PubMed citation Europe PMC
19494520 PubMed citation Europe PMC
24081639 PubMed citation Europe PMC
3622432 PubMed citation Europe PMC
6821040 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
05 October 2022