loading...| Preferred Name |
Methyl Chloride |
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| Synonyms |
Chloromethane Methyl Chloride METHYL CHLORIDE |
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| Definitions |
A colorless, flammable, toxic gas that was used widely as a refrigerant and has many current industrial applications, including use as a local anesthetic, a chemical intermediate in silicone polymer production and drug manufacturing, an extractant for oils and resins, a solvent in butyl rubber and petroleum refining, a propellant in polystyrene foam production, a methylating and chlorinating agent in organic chemistry and an herbicide. Exposure to methyl chloride can cause a wide variety of issues from frostbite, drowsiness and dizziness to paralysis, seizures and coma depending on the route and level (concentration and duration) of exposure. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77476 |
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| CAS_Registry |
74-87-3 |
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| CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:36014 |
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| Chemical_Formula |
CH3Cl |
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| code |
C77476 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C156952 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157075 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CPTAC FDA |
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| DEFINITION |
A colorless, flammable, toxic gas that was used widely as a refrigerant and has many current industrial applications, including use as a local anesthetic, a chemical intermediate in silicone polymer production and drug manufacturing, an extractant for oils and resins, a solvent in butyl rubber and petroleum refining, a propellant in polystyrene foam production, a methylating and chlorinating agent in organic chemistry and an herbicide. Exposure to methyl chloride can cause a wide variety of issues from frostbite, drowsiness and dizziness to paralysis, seizures and coma depending on the route and level (concentration and duration) of exposure. |
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| FDA_UNII_Code |
A6R43525YO |
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| FULL_SYN |
Chloromethane Methyl Chloride METHYL CHLORIDE |
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| label |
Methyl Chloride |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Methyl_Chloride |
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| Preferred_Name |
Methyl Chloride |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C77476 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Organic Chemical |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0025698 |
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| subClassOf |