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4-methylimidazole

chemical compound
Class type of: imidazole alkaloid Q230021

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
imidazole alkaloid[4]
Boiling point
+263[12]
Canonical SMILES
CC1=CN=CN1[2]
Chemical formula
C₄H₆N₂[3]
Density
+1.02[9]
Found in taxon
Sophora flavescens, Megaselia flavescens[7][8]
Has part(s)
nitrogen, carbon[5][6]
Mass
+82.053[10]
Melting point
+51.0[11]
Subject has role
carcinogen[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en 4MI en 4-MEI en 4-methylimidazole en 4-Methylimidazole en 4(5)-methylimidazole en 4-Me-i ar ٤-ميثيل إميدازول ar 4-ميثيل إميدازول de 4-Methylimidazol es 4-metilimidazol fa ۴-متیل‌ایمیدازول fr 4-méthylimidazole it 4-metilimidazolo ja 4-メチルイミダゾール ko 4-메틸이미다졸 pl 4-metyloimidazol ru 4-метилимидазол sv 4-Metylimidazol zh 4-甲基咪唑
🔖 Identifiers · 30
CA PROP 65 ID
4-methylimidazole
CAS Registry Number
822-36-6
ChEBI ID
40035
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1230309
ChemSpider ID
12640
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID805617
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID9025617
DrugBank ID
DB03385
EC number
212-497-3
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.011.361
Freebase ID
/m/0h_brwm
HCIS ID
5545
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HSDB ID
7757
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0246511
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6N2/c1-4-2-5-3-6-4/h2-3H,1H3,(H,5,6)
InChIKey
XLSZMDLNRCVEIJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
KEGG ID
C19262
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779839964
NMRShiftDB structure ID
20026185, 20035833
NSC number
40744
PDB ligand ID
4MZ
PDB structure ID
1MOO, 2FNN, 1DTM, 1G0E, 4HEY, 1KEQ
Probes And Drugs ID
PD002162
PubChem CID
13195
RTECS number
NI7350000
Reaxys registry number
1453
SureChEMBL ID
47208, 2513
UNII
Q64GF9FV4I
UniChem compound ID
644982
ZVG number
70360

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🔗 Connections
Found in taxon 2
Sophora flavescens, Megaselia flavescens
Has part(s) 2
carbon, nitrogen
Subject has role 1
carcinogen
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Summary

4-methylimidazole is a type of chemical entity[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 70360
    "Changed claim: ZVG number: 70360, см. / see autofix на / on P679"
  2. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 70360
    "Created claim: ZVG number: 070360, batch #275042"
  3. 27w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → imidazole alkaloid
    Found in taxon → Sophora flavescens, Megaselia flavescens
    Has part(s) → nitrogen, carbon
    Mass → 82.053
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [ur] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims"
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