Dimethylmagnesium

Dimethylmagnesium
Names
	IUPAC name Dimethylmagnesium
Identifiers
CAS Number	2999-74-8 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	10430979 ;
PubChem CID	18141;
UNII	3CAY272DHS ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID0062765 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/2CH3.Mg/h2*1H3; Key: KZLUHGRPVSRSHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
	SMILES C[Mg]C;
Properties
Chemical formula	C2H6Mg
Molar mass	54.375 g·mol−1
Density	0.96 g/cm3
Solubility in water	Reacts
Related compounds
Related compounds	Dibutylmagnesium
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Dimethylmagnesium is an organomagnesium compound. It is a white pyrophoric solid.^[1]^[2] Dimethylmagnesium is used in the synthesis of organometallic compounds.

^ Cope, A. C. (1935). "The Preparation of Dialkylmagnesium Compounds from Grignard Reagents". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 57 (11): 2238–2240. doi:10.1021/ja01314a059.
^ Anteunis, M. (1962). "Studies of the Grignard Reaction. II. Kinetics of the Reaction of Dimethylmagnesium with Benzophenone and of Methylmagnesium Bromide-Magnesium Bromide with Pinacolone". J. Org. Chem. 27 (2): 596–598. doi:10.1021/jo01049a060.

[1] Cope, A. C. (1935). "The Preparation of Dialkylmagnesium Compounds from Grignard Reagents". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 57 (11): 2238–2240. doi:10.1021/ja01314a059.

[2] Anteunis, M. (1962). "Studies of the Grignard Reaction. II. Kinetics of the Reaction of Dimethylmagnesium with Benzophenone and of Methylmagnesium Bromide-Magnesium Bromide with Pinacolone". J. Org. Chem. 27 (2): 596–598. doi:10.1021/jo01049a060.

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