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diazomethane

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Description

Diazomethane: A diazonium compound with the formula CH2N2. [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

diazomethane : The simplest diazo compound, in which a diazo group is attached to a methylene group. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID9550
CHEBI ID73716
MeSH IDM0006239

Synonyms (29)

Synonym
diazo-methane
methane, diazo-
cnn radical
azimethylene
einecs 206-382-7
acomethylene
diazonium methylide
hsdb 1628
brn 0102415
ccris 205
CNN ,
methane,diazo
334-88-3
diazomethane
FT-0693203
C19387
4-01-00-03056 (beilstein handbook reference)
unii-60a625p70p
60a625p70p ,
CHEBI:73716
AKOS015901056
diazomethane [mi]
diazomethane [hsdb]
diazomethane [iarc]
diazo methane
diazomethan
DTXSID0024008
diazomethyl group
Q413683

Research Excerpts

Overview

Diazomethane is a highly reactive gas that readily forms methyl esters with carboxylic functionalities. It is routinely employed for the quantitative and clean derivatization of phenols.

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"Diazomethane is a highly explosive and toxic gas routinely employed for the quantitative and clean derivatization of phenols. "( Trimethylsilyldiazomethane: a safe non-explosive, cost effective and less-toxic reagent for phenol derivatization in GC applications.
Luthe, G; Rautiainen, RH; Robertson, LW; van 't Erve, TJ, 2010
)
2.16
"Diazomethane is a highly reactive gas that readily forms methyl esters with carboxylic functionalities, with minimal side products or nonvolatile reaction residues."( A method for concurrent diazomethane synthesis and substrate methylation in a 96-sample format.
Barkawi, LS; Cohen, JD, 2010
)
1.39

Treatment

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"1. Diazomethane treatment of formycin A in the presence or absence of SnCl2 as catalyst, was used for the preparation of the 2'-O-methyl, 3'-O-methyl, N1-methyl and N2-methyl derivatives. "( Preparation and properties of formycin analogues methylated on the pyrazolo ring nitrogens and/or the ribose cis-hydroxyls.
Giziewicz, J; Shugar, D, 1977
)
0.88

Toxicity

Diazomethane is a highly explosive and toxic gas routinely employed for the quantitative and clean derivatization of phenols. TMSD is considered a safer, less toxic alternative.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Naphthenic acids (NAs) have been identified as the primary toxic constituents of oil sands process-affected waters (OSPW) and studies have shown that with time, microbial degradation of lower molecular weight NAs has led to a decrease in observed toxicity."( Toxicity assessment of collected fractions from an extracted naphthenic acid mixture.
Arsenault, G; Frank, RA; Headley, JV; Kavanagh, R; Kent Burnison, B; Peru, KM; Solomon, KR; Van Der Kraak, G, 2008
)
0.35
"Diazomethane is a highly explosive and toxic gas routinely employed for the quantitative and clean derivatization of phenols."( Trimethylsilyldiazomethane: a safe non-explosive, cost effective and less-toxic reagent for phenol derivatization in GC applications.
Luthe, G; Rautiainen, RH; Robertson, LW; van 't Erve, TJ, 2010
)
2.16
" TMSD is less reactive (with lower explosive potential) than diazomethane and is considered a safer, less toxic alternative."( Toxicity studies of trimethylsilyldiazomethane administered by nose-only inhalation to Sprague Dawley (Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD) rats and B6C3F1/N mice.
, 2021
)
1.14

Compound-Compound Interactions

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Protein chemistry, such as crosslinking and photoaffinity labeling, in combination with modern mass spectrometric techniques, can provide information regarding protein-protein interactions beyond that normally obtained from protein identification and characterization studies."( Photoaffinity labeling combined with mass spectrometric approaches as a tool for structural proteomics.
Borchers, CH; Neamati, N; Robinette, D; Tomer, KB, 2006
)
0.33

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Implementation of human bioavailability studies with the analgesic indoprofen required a rapid, sensitive, and convenient assay in blood plasma."( GLC determination of indoprofen in plasma.
Escalona-Castillo, H; Humphrey, DW; Smith, RV, 1977
)
0.26

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"The metabolism and disposition of carbovir [(1R-cis)-2-amino 1,9-(4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclopenten-1-yl)-6H-purin-6-one], an antiviral agent, was examined in rats using an isolated perfused liver, and in vivo following iv and po administration at two dosing levels."( The metabolism and excretion of carbovir, a carbocyclic nucleoside, in the rat.
Brouwer, KR; Miwa, GT; Patanella, JE; Unger, SE; Walsh, JS,
)
0.13
" This meant that any hit identified would be effective at a concentration readily achievable by standard drug dosing in humans."( Discovery of trypanocidal compounds by whole cell HTS of Trypanosoma brucei.
Apsel, B; Baca, AM; Chiang, PK; Guy, KR; Hansell, EJ; Mackey, ZB; Mallari, JP; McKerrow, JH; Shelat, A; Williams, J; Wolff, B, 2006
)
0.33
" The inter and intra assay precision were demonstrated to be lower than 20% and the relative bias to be lower than 15% in the dosing range of concentrations."( Validation of a novel and rapid method for the simultaneous determination of some phenolic organohalogens in human serum by GC-MS.
Charlier, C; Dufour, P; Pirard, C, 2016
)
0.43
" Dose-response competition binding experiments using lysates of human or bacterial cells followed by quantitative mass spectrometry recapitulated targets of 9 molecules with <100 μM affinity."( Merits of Diazirine Photo-Immobilization for Target Profiling of Natural Products and Cofactors.
Abele, M; Höfer, S; Hornisch, M; Kuster, B; Médard, G; Prokofeva, P, 2022
)
0.72
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (4)

RoleDescription
alkylating agentHighly reactive chemical that introduces alkyl radicals into biologically active molecules and thereby prevents their proper functioning. It could be used as an antineoplastic agent, but it might be very toxic, with carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and immunosuppressant actions. It could also be used as a component of poison gases.
antineoplastic agentA substance that inhibits or prevents the proliferation of neoplasms.
carcinogenic agentA role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
poisonAny substance that causes disturbance to organisms by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by the organism.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (1)

ClassDescription
diazo compoundCompounds containing a group =N2 attached to a single carbon atom. They are named by adding the prefix 'diazo-' to the name of the parent hydride or functional parent.
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Research

Studies (682)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-1990225 (32.99)18.7374
1990's95 (13.93)18.2507
2000's136 (19.94)29.6817
2010's153 (22.43)24.3611
2020's73 (10.70)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 64.18

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index64.18 (24.57)
Research Supply Index6.55 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.60 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index110.61 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (64.18)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews30 (4.28%)6.00%
Case Studies2 (0.29%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other669 (95.44%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]