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nitromethane
Chemical compound
Also known as nitrocarbol · MeNO2 · CH3NO2
- Formula
- CH₃NO₂
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- CH₃NO₂
- Mass
- 61.016 Da
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- 61.016 Da
- Melting point
- -28.7°C
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- , -20°F
- , -29°C
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- +1 more
- -28.7°C
- Boiling point
- 101.19°C
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- , 214°F
- 101.19°C
- Density
- 1.1371 g/cm³
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- , 1.14 g/cm³
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Sources- 1.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0457.html
- 2.Stated in GESTIS database“Nitromethane”Retrieved 2023-08-22
- 1.1371 g/cm³
- Solubility
- 101 gram per kilogram of solvent
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- , 10 gram per 100 gram of solvent
- , 105 g/L
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- +7 more
- 101 gram per kilogram of solvent
Overview
Chemistry
All data
130 statements · 73% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Canonical SMILES
- C[N+](=O)[O-]
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- C[N+](=O)[O-]
- Immediately dangerous to life or health
- 1,875 milligram per cubic metre
- Flash point
- 95°F
- 35°C
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- 36°C
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- Ionization energy
- 11.08 eV
- 11.02 eV
- Time-weighted average exposure limit
- 250 milligram per cubic metre applies to jurisdiction: United States · runtime: 8 h
- Safety classification and labelling
- NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response nfpa health: 2 · nfpa fire: 3 · nfpa instability: 4
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 ghs hazard pictogram: GHS02: flame, GHS08: health hazard · ghs signal word: warning · ghs hazard statement: H226, H302+H332
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- Subject has role
- carcinogen
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Sources- 1.Stated in California Proposition 65 list of chemicalsoehha.ca.gov/chemicals/nitromethaneRetrieved 2020-03-18
- carcinogen
- Refractive index
- 1.3817 temperature: 20°C · wavelength: 589 nm
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- 1.3817 temperature: 20°C · wavelength: 589 nm
- PKa
- 10.21 temperature: 25°C
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- 10.21 temperature: 25°C
- Partition coefficient water/octanol
- -0.33 temperature: 25°C
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Sources- 1.Stated in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (97th edition)
- 2.Stated in GESTIS database“Nitromethane”Retrieved 2023-08-22
- -0.33 temperature: 25°C
- Phase point
- critical point temperature: 588 K · under pressure: 6 MPa · molar volume: 175 cubic centimetre per mole
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- critical point temperature: 588 K · under pressure: 6 MPa · molar volume: 175 cubic centimetre per mole
- Electric dipole moment
- 3.46 debye uncertainty corresponds to: 2 sigma
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- 3.46 debye uncertainty corresponds to: 2 sigma
- Surface tension
- 39.04 millinewton per metre temperature: 10°C
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- 36.53 millinewton per metre temperature: 25°C
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- 32.33 millinewton per metre temperature: 50°C
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- 39.04 millinewton per metre temperature: 10°C
- Dynamic viscosity
- 1.311 millipascal second temperature: -25°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
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- 0.875 millipascal second temperature: 0°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
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- 0.63 millipascal second temperature: 25°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
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- 0.481 millipascal second temperature: 50°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
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- 0.383 millipascal second temperature: 75°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
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- 0.317 millipascal second temperature: 100°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
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- 1.311 millipascal second temperature: -25°C · state of matter: liquid · under pressure: 1 standard atmosphere
- Thermal conductivity
- 0.226 watt per metre kelvin temperature: -25°C · state of matter: liquid
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- 0.215 watt per metre kelvin temperature: 0°C · state of matter: liquid
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- 0.204 watt per metre kelvin temperature: 25°C · state of matter: liquid
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- 0.193 watt per metre kelvin temperature: 50°C · state of matter: liquid
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- 0.182 watt per metre kelvin temperature: 75°C · state of matter: liquid
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- 0.171 watt per metre kelvin temperature: 100°C · state of matter: liquid
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- 0.226 watt per metre kelvin temperature: -25°C · state of matter: liquid
- Upper flammable limit
- 63 volume percent
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- 63 volume percent
- Decomposition point
- 200°C nature of statement: minimum
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- 200°C nature of statement: minimum
- Median lethal dose (LD50)
- 940 milligram per kilogram route of administration: oral administration · applies to taxon: laboratory rat
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- 940 milligram per kilogram route of administration: oral administration · applies to taxon: laboratory rat
- Vapor pressure
- 28 millimetre of mercury temperature: 68°F
- 36.4 hectopascal temperature: 20°C
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- 47.7 hectopascal temperature: 25°C
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- 4.79 kilopascal temperature: 25°C
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- 61 hectopascal temperature: 30°C
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- 99.7 hectopascal temperature: 40°C
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- 155 hectopascal temperature: 50°C
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- 280 hectopascal temperature: 65°C
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- Autoignition temperature
- 415°C
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- 418°C
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- 415°C
- Lower flammable limit
- 7.1 volume percent
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- 7.3 volume percent
- 7.1 volume percent
- Substance control status
- Schedule IV (Russia) applies to jurisdiction: Russia
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Sources- 1.Stated in Government Decree No. 681 of 30 June 1998 (Russia)consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_19243/Retrieved 2026-08-31
- Schedule IV (Russia) applies to jurisdiction: Russia
On other databases
44 identifiers linking nitromethane across the web's reference databases
- CA PROP 65 IDnitromethane
- CAMEO Chemicals ID1222
- CAS Registry Number75-52-5
- CCDC Number1223560
- ChEBI ID77701
- ChEMBL IDCHEMBL276924
- ChemSpider ID6135
- CosIng number35508
- CSD RefcodeNTROMA05
- DSSTOX compound identifierDTXCID40977
- DSSTox substance IDDTXSID2020977
- EC number200-876-6
- ECHA Substance Infocard ID100.000.797
- Freebase ID/m/01kjxg
- GND ID4253374-0
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDnitrometan-d7d025
- HCIS ID3242
- HSDB ID106
- Human Metabolome Database IDHMDB0255654
- ICSC ID0522
- InChIInChI=1S/CH3NO2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3
- InChIKeyLYGJENNIWJXYER-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- J9U entity ID987007554130105171
- KBpedia IDNitroMethane
- KEGG IDC19275
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh98000189
- MassBank accession IDMSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP004288
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2777327210
- NMRShiftDB structure ID10017004
- NSC number428
- OpenAlex IDC2777327210
- OSHA Occupational Chemical Database ID587
- PesticideInfo chemical IDPRI4504
- PubChem CID6375
- Quora topic IDNitromethane
- Reaxys registry number1698205
- Römpp online IDRD-14-01415
- RTECS numberPA9800000
- SPLASHsplash10-015c-9000000000-5d401a6fa80aa916b4e3
- SureChEMBL ID525
- UniChem compound ID627140
- UNIIRU5WG8C3F4
- Yale LUX IDconcept/feb375b9-afaa-4c76-8649-e47875f4b6b8
- ZVG number38500