dimethylmagnesium
Dimethylmagnesium is an organomagnesium compound with the chemical formula . It is a white pyrophoric solid. Dimethylmagnesium is used in the synthesis of organometallic compounds.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H6Mg
- Molecular weight
- 54.37 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- magnesium carbanide
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Dimethylmagnesium is an organomagnesium compound with the chemical formula . It is a white pyrophoric solid. Dimethylmagnesium is used in the synthesis of organometallic compounds.
==Preparation== Like other dialkylmagnesium compounds, dimethylmagnesium is prepared by adding dioxane to a solution of methylmagnesium halide:
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