2D Structure

3D Structure

Methyl Isothiocyanate


Properties
PID PID00108
Mol. Weight 73.113 g/mol
LogP 1.07
Water solubility 0.0437 mol/L at 20 °C
Hydrogen Bond Donor 0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor 2
Rotatable Bonds 0
XLogP3 0.9

Methyl Isothiocyanate

Identifiers
Formula C2H3NS
PubChem CID 11167
FEMA 4426
Flavor Profile Horseradish-Like Odor, Savory
Smiles CN=C=S
InChl Key LGDSHSYDSCRFAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChl InChI=1S/C2H3NS/c1-3-2-4/h1H3
CAS Registry Number 556-61-6
IUPAC Systematic Name methylimino(sulfanylidene)methane

Organ Location Map/System Distribution of Pungent Flavor Compounds’ Targets


Note: Known Targets (Gene) from 6952 literatures, DrugBank (http://www.drugbank.ca/), STITCH (http://stitch.embl.de/), ChEMBL (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/), Therapeutic Target Database (http://bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/ttd/), and Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD, http://ctdbase.org/)


Related Pungent TCM

English Name Pinyin Name (Chinese Name) Latin Name Properties in TCM merdians View Graph
Bunge Pricklyash Equivalent plant: Zanthoxylum schHua Jiao (花椒)Zanthoxyli PericarpiumWarm,PungentSpleen, Stomach, Kidney, LungView Graph
Brassica junceaJie Zi(芥子)India Mustard SeedWarm, PungentLung, Spleen, StomachView Graph

Pharmacological action

Methyl isothiocyanate is the organosulfur compound with the formula CH3N=C=S. This low melting colorless solid is a powerful lachrymator. As a precursor to a variety of valuable bioactive compounds, it is the most important organic isothiocyanate in industry.MITC is a dangerous lachrymator as well as being poisonous and genotoxic.



Note: Click anywhere in the blank, you can drag the whole dynamic diagram. Click on a node, you can drag his location to see it more clearly. The blue circle represents pharmacology, toxicology, or daily use. Orange hexagon represents the pungent compounds.

References

1. Kassie, F., Laky, B., Nobis, E., Kundi, M., & Knasmüller, S. Genotoxic effects of methyl isothiocyanate[J]. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 2001, 490(1): 1-9.

2. Spokas K, Wang D, Venterea R. Greenhouse gas production and emission from a forest nursery soil following fumigation with chloropicrin and methyl isothiocyanate[J]. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2005, 37(3): 475-485.

3. Romanowski F, Klenk H. Thiocyanates and isothiocyanates, organic[J]. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2000.