methylene glycol
CHEBI:CHEBI_48397
Definition
The simplest member of the class of methanediols that is methane in which two of the hydrogens have been substituted by hydroxy groups.
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- CH4O2
- Molecular Mass
- 48.04126
- Charge
- 0
- SMILES
- OCO
- InChI
- InChI=1S/CH4O2/c2-1-3/h2-3H,1H2
- InChIKey
- CKFGINPQOCXMAZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Alternative Names
- dihydroxymethane
- formaldehyde hydrate
- Methandiol
- methanediol
- Methylene glycol
Drug Classification
-
processed material
-
one-carbon compoundView Class →
CHEBI:64708
-
methanediolsView Class →
CHEBI:25222
-
aldehyde hydrateView Class →
CHEBI:63733
Important Medical Information
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- Side effects may vary and this list may not be comprehensive.
- Drug interactions may occur with other medications.
Additional Identifiers
- DRON_00010000
- 1797646
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- Wikipedia:Methanediol
- core#notation
- CHEBI:48397
Additional References
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Additional Attributes
- oboInOwl#hasOBONamespace
- chebi_ontology
- DRON_00010000
- 1797646
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- Wikipedia:Methanediol
- oboInOwl#id
- CHEBI:48397
- core#notation
- CHEBI:48397
- oboInOwl#inSubset
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
- 22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
- owl#annotatedSource
- t228216
- owl#someValuesFrom
- t1451132