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methyl iodide

chemical compound
Class type of: Monohalomethane, halon Q421729

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
Monohalomethane, halon[4][5]
Associated hazard
methyl iodide exposure
Boiling point
+109, +42.55[15][16]
Canonical SMILES
CI[2]
Chemical formula
CH₃I[3]
Density
+2.28[10]
Electric dipole moment
+1.62[20]
Has effect
methyl iodide exposure[8]
Has part(s)
iodine, carbon[6][7]
Immediately dangerous to life or health
+580[18]
Ionization energy
+9.54[21]
Mass
+141.928[11]
Melting point
-66.5 (-88–-66.5, n=3)[12][13][14]
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
0420[9]
Safety classification and labelling
NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response
Solubility
+1[19]
Standard molar entropy
+254.1
Subject has role
carcinogen, occupational carcinogen[24]
Time-weighted average exposure limit
+10, +28[22][23]
Vapor pressure
+400[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en MeI en Halon 10001 en iodomethane en CH3I en methyl iodide en monoiodomethane ar يودو الميثان cs Monojodmetan cs Monojodmethan cs Methyljodid cs Jodmetan cs Metyljodid cs Jodmethan de Methyljodid de Methyliodid de Iodmethan el Ιωδομεθάνιο el 74-88-4 el CH3I el MeI
🔖 Identifiers · 47
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2011000498
GND ID
4298750-7
OpenAlex ID
C2780073701
CA PROP 65 ID
methyl-iodide
CAMEO Chemicals ID
3941
CAS Registry Number
74-88-4
CCDC Number
1212206
CSD Refcode
MIMETH10
ChEBI ID
39282
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL115849
ChemSpider ID
6088
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID804187
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DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID0024187
EC number
200-819-5
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.000.745
Freebase ID
/m/06z7qn
Gmelin number
1233
HCIS ID
2916
HSDB ID
1336
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0253530
ICSC ID
0509
InChI
InChI=1S/CH3I/c1-2/h1H3
InChIKey
INQOMBQAUSQDDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
J-GLOBAL ID
200907037772600918
KEGG ID
C18448
MassBank accession ID
MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP001013, MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP002343, MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP008923
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780073701
NMRShiftDB structure ID
20028919
NSC number
9366
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007590603505171
Nikkaji ID
J2.382E
OSHA Occupational Chemical Database ID
557
PDB ligand ID
06C
PDB structure ID
3POT
PesticideInfo chemical ID
PRI4133
PubChem CID
6328
Quora topic ID
Methyl-Iodide
RTECS number
PA9450000
Reaxys registry number
969135
Römpp online ID
RD-09-01961
SPLASH
splash10-0006-0900000000-ec173bcd5e9e6db42c13, splash10-0006-3900000000-01af917e6a69759330f0
SureChEMBL ID
11184727, 498
UN number
2644
UNII
DAT010ZJSR
UniChem compound ID
202480
Yale LUX ID
concept/319da867-99ac-4268-b406-fbdcb49ccbe2
ZVG number
28110

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 2
carbon, iodine
Subclass of 2
halon, Monohalomethane
Subject has role 1
carcinogen
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Summary

methyl iodide is a type of chemical entity[1].

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  1. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 28110
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ ZVG number: 28110, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 28110
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ ZVG number: 028110, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Boiling point → {'amount': '+109'}, {'amount': '+42.55'}
    Subclass of → Monohalomethane, halon
    Ionization energy → {'amount': '+9.54'}
    Has part(s) → iodine, carbon
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007590603505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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