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Imidazole-4-methanol

PubChem CID
1745
Structure
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Molecular Formula
Synonyms
  • 822-55-9
  • IMIDAZOLE-4-METHANOL
  • (1H-Imidazol-4-yl)methanol
  • 4-(Hydroxymethyl)imidazole
  • 1H-Imidazole-4-methanol
Molecular Weight
98.10 g/mol
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Dates
  • Create:
    2005-03-25
  • Modify:
    2025-01-11
Description
Imidazole-4-methanol is a member of the class of imidazoles that is 1H-imidazole substituted by a hydroxymethyl group at position 4. It is a primary alcohol and a member of imidazoles.

1 Structures

1.1 2D Structure

Chemical Structure Depiction
Imidazole-4-methanol.png

1.2 3D Conformer

1.3 Crystal Structures

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Crystal Structure Data
Crystal Structure Depiction
Crystal Structure Depiction

2 Names and Identifiers

2.1 Computed Descriptors

2.1.1 IUPAC Name

1H-imidazol-5-ylmethanol
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2.1.2 InChI

InChI=1S/C4H6N2O/c7-2-4-1-5-3-6-4/h1,3,7H,2H2,(H,5,6)
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2.1.3 InChIKey

QDYTUZCWBJRHKK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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2.1.4 SMILES

C1=C(NC=N1)CO
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2.2 Molecular Formula

C4H6N2O
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2.3 Other Identifiers

2.3.1 CAS

2.3.2 European Community (EC) Number

2.3.3 UNII

2.3.4 ChEBI ID

2.3.5 ChEMBL ID

2.3.6 DSSTox Substance ID

2.3.7 KEGG ID

2.3.8 Metabolomics Workbench ID

2.3.9 Nikkaji Number

2.3.10 Wikidata

2.4 Synonyms

2.4.1 MeSH Entry Terms

4-imidazolemethanol

2.4.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

3 Chemical and Physical Properties

3.1 Computed Properties

Property Name
Molecular Weight
Property Value
98.10 g/mol
Reference
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Property Name
XLogP3-AA
Property Value
-0.8
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count
Property Value
2
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count
Property Value
2
Reference
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Property Name
Rotatable Bond Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Exact Mass
Property Value
98.048012819 Da
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Property Name
Monoisotopic Mass
Property Value
98.048012819 Da
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Property Name
Topological Polar Surface Area
Property Value
48.9 Ų
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Property Name
Heavy Atom Count
Property Value
7
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Property Name
Formal Charge
Property Value
0
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Property Name
Complexity
Property Value
57.7
Reference
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Property Name
Isotope Atom Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Compound Is Canonicalized
Property Value
Yes
Reference
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3.2 Experimental Properties

3.2.1 Dissociation Constants

4 Spectral Information

4.1 1D NMR Spectra

4.1.1 13C NMR Spectra

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Instrument Name
VARIAN XL-200
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4.2 Mass Spectrometry

4.2.1 GC-MS

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NIST Number
234019
Library
Main library
Total Peaks
47
m/z Top Peak
97
m/z 2nd Highest
98
m/z 3rd Highest
69
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NIST Number
990
Library
Replicate library
Total Peaks
12
m/z Top Peak
97
m/z 2nd Highest
98
m/z 3rd Highest
42
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4.2.2 LC-MS

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Authors
Kakazu Y, Horai H, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio Univ.
Instrument
API3000, Applied Biosystems
Instrument Type
LC-ESI-QQ
MS Level
MS2
Ionization Mode
POSITIVE
Collision Energy
10 V
Precursor m/z
99
Precursor Adduct
[M+H]+
Top 5 Peaks

98.9 999

81 674

98.2 1

38.8 1

40.9 1

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License
CC BY-NC-SA
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Authors
Kakazu Y, Horai H, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio Univ.
Instrument
API3000, Applied Biosystems
Instrument Type
LC-ESI-QQ
MS Level
MS2
Ionization Mode
POSITIVE
Collision Energy
20 V
Precursor m/z
99
Precursor Adduct
[M+H]+
Top 5 Peaks

81.1 999

99 24

54.1 5

82.8 1

80.1 1

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CC BY-NC-SA

4.3 IR Spectra

4.3.1 FTIR Spectra

Instrument Name
Bruker IFS 85
Technique
KBr-Pellet
Copyright
Copyright © 1989, 1990-2024 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. All Rights Reserved.
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6 Chemical Vendors

7 Safety and Hazards

7.1 Hazards Identification

7.1.1 GHS Classification

Pictogram(s)
Irritant
Signal
Warning
GHS Hazard Statements

H315 (100%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]

H319 (100%): Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]

H335 (100%): May cause respiratory irritation [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Respiratory tract irritation]

Precautionary Statement Codes

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, and P501

(The corresponding statement to each P-code can be found at the GHS Classification page.)

ECHA C&L Notifications Summary

Aggregated GHS information provided per 39 reports by companies from 2 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Information may vary between notifications depending on impurities, additives, and other factors. The percentage value in parenthesis indicates the notified classification ratio from companies that provide hazard codes. Only hazard codes with percentage values above 10% are shown.

7.1.2 Hazard Classes and Categories

Skin Irrit. 2 (100%)

Eye Irrit. 2A (100%)

STOT SE 3 (100%)

8 Toxicity

8.1 Toxicological Information

8.1.1 Acute Effects

9 Literature

9.1 Consolidated References

9.2 NLM Curated PubMed Citations

9.3 Springer Nature References

9.4 Thieme References

9.5 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.6 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.7 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

10 Patents

10.1 Depositor-Supplied Patent Identifiers

10.2 WIPO PATENTSCOPE

10.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.4 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.5 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

11 Interactions and Pathways

11.1 Protein Bound 3D Structures

11.1.1 Ligands from Protein Bound 3D Structures

PDBe Ligand Code
PDBe Structure Code
PDBe Conformer

12 Biological Test Results

12.1 BioAssay Results

13 Classification

13.1 MeSH Tree

13.2 ChEBI Ontology

13.3 ChemIDplus

13.4 ChEMBL Target Tree

13.5 UN GHS Classification

13.6 EPA DSSTox Classification

13.7 MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology

14 Information Sources

  1. CAS Common Chemistry
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    CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Chemical Lists
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  9. The Cambridge Structural Database
  10. IUPAC Digitized pKa Dataset
  11. Japan Chemical Substance Dictionary (Nikkaji)
  12. KEGG
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  14. MassBank of North America (MoNA)
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  15. Metabolomics Workbench
  16. NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center
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    Data covered by the Standard Reference Data Act of 1968 as amended.
    https://www.nist.gov/srd/public-law
    1H-Imidazole-4-methanol
    http://www.nist.gov/srd/nist1a.cfm
  17. SpectraBase
  18. Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe)
  19. RCSB Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB)
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  22. Wikidata
    4-(hydroxymethyl)imidazole
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27103551
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  24. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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  25. GHS Classification (UNECE)
  26. MolGenie
    MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology
    https://github.com/MolGenie/ontology/
  27. PATENTSCOPE (WIPO)
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