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N-methyl methanimine
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'''N-Methylmethanimine or N‐methyl methylenimine' is a reactive molecular substance containing a methyl group attached to an imine. It can be written as CH3N=CH2. On a timescale of minutes it self reacts to form the trimer trimethyl 1,3,5-triazinane. N''-Methylmethanimine is formed naturally in the Earth's atmosphere, by oxidation of dimethylamine and trimethylamine, both of which are produced by animals, or burning.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5N
- Molecular weight
- 43.07 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-methylmethanimine
- SMILES
- CN=C
- InChIKey
- NYVSDPNXBIEFPW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 12.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 43.042199159999996
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- N-Methylmethanimine
- canonical SMILES
- CN=C
- chemical formula
- C₂H₅N
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Production
- Natural occurrence
- Properties
- References
'''N-Methylmethanimine or N‐methyl methylenimine' is a reactive molecular substance containing a methyl group attached to an imine. It can be written as CH3N=CH2. On a timescale of minutes it self reacts to form the trimer trimethyl 1,3,5-triazinane. N''-Methylmethanimine is formed naturally in the Earth's atmosphere, by oxidation of dimethylamine and trimethylamine, both of which are produced by animals, or burning.
==Production== N-Methylmethanimine can be produced in two steps from dimethylamine, by first chlorinating the nitrogen atom with solid N-chlorosuccinimide, and then treating with potassium tert-butoxide at 90°C. Also it can be formed directly by thermal decomposition.
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