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M4016

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Methyl methanesulfonate

~99% (GC)

Synonym(s):

Methanesulfonic acid methyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3SO3CH3
CAS Number:
66-27-3
Molecular Weight:
110.13
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1098586
EC Number:
200-625-0
MDL number:
MFCD00007557
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24896897

assay

~99% (GC)

refractive index

n20/D 1.414 (lit.)

bp

202-203 °C (lit.)

density

1.3 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

COS(C)(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C2H6O3S/c1-5-6(2,3)4/h1-2H3

InChI key

MBABOKRGFJTBAE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Principle

DNA adduct; adds methyl groups to DNA at 7-guanine preferentially, but also 3-adenine and 3-guanine.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Muta. 1B - Repr. 2 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 2 Inhalation

target_organs

Lungs

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

219.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

104 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Amaya Azqueta et al.
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Cathrine Broberg Vågbø et al.
DNA repair, 12(3), 188-195 (2013-01-02)
Cytotoxic 1-methyladenine (1-meA) and 3-methylcytosine (3-meC) lesions induced in DNA and RNA in vitro and in pre-damaged DNA and RNA bacteriophages in vivo are repaired by the Escherichia coli (E. coli) protein AlkB and a human homolog, ALKBH3. However, it
Stephen Godin et al.
Nucleic acids research, 41(8), 4525-4534 (2013-03-06)
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shu complex, consisting of Shu1, Shu2, Csm2 and Psy3, promotes error-free homologous recombination (HR) by an unknown mechanism. Recent structural analysis of two Shu proteins, Csm2 and Psy3, has revealed that these proteins are Rad51 paralogues and
Dongqing Huang et al.
Molecular and cellular biology, 33(8), 1515-1527 (2013-02-06)
Cells employ error-free or error-prone postreplication repair (PRR) processes to tolerate DNA damage. Here, we present a genome-wide screen for sensitivity to 0.001% methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). This relatively low dose is of particular interest because wild-type cells exhibit no discernible
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