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Methyl isothiocyanate

Catalog No. A11757 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 556-61-6 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
异硫氰酸甲酯
IUPAC name
isothiocyanatomethane
IUPAC Traditional name
methyl isothiocyanate

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 556-61-6
MDL Number MFCD00004818
EC Number 209-132-5
Beilstein Number 605319
Merck Index 146092

PROPERTIES

Purity 98%
Boiling Point 117-118°C
Density 1.069
Flash Point 30°C(86°F)
Melting Point 31-36°C
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS09
GHS Hazard statements H301-H331-H317-H314-H400-H410
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
European Hazard Symbols Nature polluting Nature polluting (N)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 23/25-34-43-50/53
RTECS PA9625000
Safety Statements 36/37-38-45-60-61
Storage Warning Moisture Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 6.1
UN Number UN2477
Packing Group I

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • For general reactions of isothiocyanates, see Appendix 3.
  • Amino acids are converted by this reagent into 2-thionoimidazolidin-4-ones, useful in protein analysis: Tetrahedron, 26, 5479 (1970); Anal. Lett., 359 (1970).
  • Reaction with thioamides, e.g. 2-Cyanothioacetamide, A15436 and sulfur leads to thiazoline-2-thiones: J. Prakt. Chem., 332, 223 (1990):