Methylmagnesium chloride
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| Methylmagnesium chloride | |
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| IUPAC name | chloridomethylmagnesium |
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| CAS number | [676-58-4] |
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| Molecular formula | CH3MgCl |
| Molar mass | 74.79 g/mol |
| Related compounds | |
| Related compounds | Phenylmagnesium bromide |
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Methylmagnesium chloride is a commercially available Grignard reagent. Like methyllithium, it is the synthetic equivalent to the methyl carbanion synthon. It is usually sold as a solution in tetrahydrofuran.
