Skip to Content
Merck
CN

M29800

2-Methylbenzimidazole

98%

Synonym(s):

2-Methyl-1H-1,3-benzodiazole, 2-Methyl-1H-benzimidazole, 2-Methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole, 2-Methylbenzoimidazole

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size

About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H8N2
CAS Number:
615-15-6
Molecular Weight:
132.16
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24896787
eCl@ss:
32151902
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
210-411-9
MDL number:
MFCD00005598
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
112264

Key Documents

View All Documentation
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

Product Name

2-Methylbenzimidazole, 98%

InChI key

LDZYRENCLPUXAX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C8H8N2/c1-6-9-7-4-2-3-5-8(7)10-6/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10)

SMILES string

Cc1nc2ccccc2[nH]1

assay

98%

mp

175-177 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Related Categories

Application

  • 2-Methylbenzimidazole is an important pharmacophore widely used in medicinal chemistry for the synthesis of various antibacterial and antifungal agents.
  • It can be used as a key precursor to synthesize substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolones.
  • It can be used in the synthesis of reversible solid-to-liquid phase transition coordination polymer crystals.
  • 2-Methylbenzimidazole also exhibits corrosion inhibition.

pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark
GHS05,GHS07

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
MKCW1888
MKCW9678
MKCM4413
MKCK9323
MKCK2348

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Reversible solid-to-liquid phase transition of coordination polymer crystals.
Umeyama D, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(2), 864-870 (2015)
Deidré van den Berg et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 15(11), 3692-3702 (2007-04-10)
We have recently reported that a series of (E)-8-styrylcaffeines and (E)-2-styrylbenzimidazoles are moderate to very potent competitive inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B). The most potent member of the series was found to be (E)-8-(3-chlorostyryl)caffeine (CSC) with an enzyme-inhibitor dissociation
Synthesis and biological evaluation of substituted benzimidazoles.
Shah K, et al.
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 93, 1009-1018 (2016)
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Some Benzimidazole and 2-Methylbenzimidazole Derivatives.
Jain P and Tiwari M
Asian Journal of Chemistry, 29(4), 838-838 (2017)
Novel strategy for synthesis of substituted benzimidazo [1, 2-a] quinolines.
Kato J Y, et al.
Organic Letters, 15(14), 3794-3797 (2013)
View All Related Papers

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service