Structured Summary
Abstract
Corrosive oxidant, explosive; additive to diesel and rocket fuels; causes skin and lung irritation; proposed war gas. A useful reagent for studying the modification of specific amino acids, particularly tyrosine residues in proteins. Has also been used for studying carbanion formation and for detecting the presence of double bonds in organic compounds.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- CN4O8
- Molecular Weight
- 196.03 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 509-14-8
- IUPAC Name
- tetranitromethane
- InChIKey
- NYTOUQBROMCLBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- C([N+](=O)[O-])([N+](=O)[O-])([N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
- MeSH Unique ID
- D013774
- Source
- PubChem CID 10509
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19 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analogs & derivatives, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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History Note
91(75); was see under METHANE 1975-90
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Previous Indexing
- Methane (1972-1974)
- Nitro Compounds (1972-1974)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tetranitromethane. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013774. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013774
- Tetranitromethane. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetranitromethane
- Tetranitromethane. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q412241
- Tetranitromethane. In: PubChem Compound. CID 10509. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10509