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
| InChIKey = VNXBKJFUJUWOCW-UHFFFAOYAC
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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}}
| MeltingPtC=−177.3
| 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}}