Methylmagnesium chloride
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Methylmagnesium chloride | |
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IUPAC name | chloridomethylmagnesium |
Identifiers | |
CAS number | [676-58-4] |
Properties | |
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.