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methylcyclopropane
Also known as huhu
Methylcyclopropane is an organic compound with the structural formula C3H5CH3. This colorless gas is the monomethyl derivative of cyclopropane.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8
- Molecular weight
- 56.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- methylcyclopropane
- SMILES
- CC1CC1
- InChIKey
- VNXBKJFUJUWOCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.9
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 56.0626
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Methylcyclopropane is an organic compound with the structural formula C3H5CH3. This colorless gas is the monomethyl derivative of cyclopropane.
== Reactions == Methylcyclopropane, like many other cyclopropanes, undergoes ring-opening reactions. Bond cleavage in certain reactions is also reported in conjunction with the use of methylenecyclopropane groups as protective groups for amines.