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methaneselenol
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Methaneselenol is the organoselenium compound with the formula . It is the simplest selenol. A colorless, poisonous gas, it is notorious for its foul, putrid odor.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to methaneselenol, and connects out to hydrogen, carbon and selenium.
It is catalogued under topics including Foul-smelling chemicals, Hydrides and Methyl compounds.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CH4Se
- Molecular weight
- 95.01 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- methaneselenol
- SMILES
- C[SeH]
- InChIKey
- APKHDKJWSHYLEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 95.947821428
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- Commons category
- Methaneselenol
- canonical SMILES
- C[SeH]
- chemical formula
- CH₄Se
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
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Methaneselenol is the organoselenium compound with the formula . It is the simplest selenol. A colorless, poisonous gas, it is notorious for its foul, putrid odor.
It is prepared by reaction of methyl lithium or a methyl Grignard reagent with selenium followed by protonation of the product. The compound is a metabolite.
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