Methylnitronitrosoguanidine

Methylnitronitrosoguanidine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
N-Methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine
Other names
1-Methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine
N-Methyl-N-nitroso-N′-nitroguanidine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations MNNG
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.664
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2H5N5O3/c1-6(5-8)2(3)4-7(9)10/h1H3,(H2,3,4) N
    Key: VZUNGTLZRAYYDE-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
  • InChI=1/C2H5N5O3/c1-6(5-8)2(3)4-7(9)10/h1H3,(H2,3,4)
    Key: VZUNGTLZRAYYDE-UHFFFAOYAT
  • CN(C(=N[N+](=O)[O-])N)N=O
Properties
C2H5N5O3
Molar mass 147.09 g/mol
Appearance Yellow crystals
Melting point 118 °C (244 °F; 391 K) (decomposes)
reacts violently, slowly hydrolysed
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Methylnitronitrosoguanidine (MNNG or MNG, NTG when referred to colloquially as nitrosoguanidine) is a biochemical tool used experimentally as a carcinogen and mutagen. It acts by adding alkyl groups to the O6 of guanine and O4 of thymine, which can lead to transition mutations between GC and AT. These changes do not cause a heavy distortion in the double helix of DNA and thus are hard to detect by the DNA mismatch repair system.

In organic chemistry, MNNG is used as a source of diazomethane when reacted with aqueous potassium hydroxide.

MNNG is a probable human carcinogen listed as an IARC Group 2A carcinogen.

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