Methylcyclopropane

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| PIN = Methylcyclopropane

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| CASNo = 594-11-6

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| UNII = LK35EZ3VK8

| PubChem = 11657

| SMILES = CC1CC1

| EINECS = 209-825-2

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| InChI = 1/C4H8/c1-4-2-3-4/h4H,2-3H2,1H3

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| C=4|H=8

| Appearance= Colourless gas{{cite book | editor-first = David. R | editor-last = Lide | title = CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | url = https://archive.org/details/crchandbookofche00davi | edition = 89th | year = 2009 | publisher = CRC Press | isbn = 978-1-4200-6679-1 | url-access = registration}}

| Density= 0.6912 g/cm3

| MeltingPtC=−177.3

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| BoilingPtC= 0.7

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Methylcyclopropane is an organic compound with the structural formula C3H5CH3. This colorless gas is the monomethyl derivative of cyclopropane.

Reactions

Methylcyclopropane, like many other cyclopropanes, undergoes ring-opening reactions. Bond cleavage in certain reactions is also reported in conjunction with the use of methylenecyclopropane groups as protective groups for amines.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

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