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Showing Compound 2-Methylpyridine (FDB004399)

Record Information
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Creation date2010-04-08 22:06:13 UTC
Update date2025-11-18 22:56:06 UTC
Primary IDFDB004399
Secondary Accession NumbersNot Available
Chemical Information
FooDB Name2-Methylpyridine
Description2-methylpyridine, also known as 2-picoline or 2-mepy, is a member of the class of compounds known as methylpyridines. Methylpyridines are organic compounds containing a pyridine ring substituted at one or more positions by a methyl group. 2-methylpyridine is soluble (in water) and a very strong basic compound (based on its pKa). 2-methylpyridine is a bitter and sweat tasting compound found in tea, which makes 2-methylpyridine a potential biomarker for the consumption of this food product. 2-methylpyridine can be found primarily in saliva. 2-methylpyridine exists in all eukaryotes, ranging from yeast to humans. 2-Methylpyridine, or 2-picoline, is the compound described with formula C6H7N. 2-Picoline is a colorless liquid that has an unpleasant odor similar to pyridine. It is mainly used to make vinylpyridine and the agrichemical nitrapyrin .
CAS Number109-06-8
Structure
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MOLSDFPDBSMILESInChI
Synonyms
SynonymSource
2-MepyChEBI
2-PicolineChEBI
alpha-PicolineChEBI
O-MethylpyridineChEBI
O-PicolineChEBI
a-PicolineGenerator
Α-picolineGenerator
2-Picolinium bromideMeSH
α-methylpyridinebiospider
α-picolinebiospider
2-Methylpyridinebiospider
Alpha-methylpyridinebiospider
Alpha-picolinebiospider
O-methylpyridinebiospider
O-picolinebiospider
Picolinebiospider
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility202 g/LALOGPS
logP1.25ALOGPS
logP0.89ChemAxon
logS0.34ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Basic)5.81ChemAxon
Physiological Charge0ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count0ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area12.89 ŲChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count0ChemAxon
Refractivity28.49 m³·mol⁻¹ChemAxon
Polarizability10.38 ųChemAxon
Number of Rings1ChemAxon
BioavailabilityYesChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterNoChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleNoChemAxon
Chemical FormulaC6H7N
IUPAC name2-methylpyridine
InChI IdentifierInChI=1S/C6H7N/c1-6-4-2-3-5-7-6/h2-5H,1H3
InChI KeyBSKHPKMHTQYZBB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Isomeric SMILESCC1=NC=CC=C1
Average Molecular Weight93.1265
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight93.057849229
Classification
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as methylpyridines. These are organic compounds containing a pyridine ring substituted at one or more positions by a methyl group.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassOrganoheterocyclic compounds
ClassPyridines and derivatives
Sub ClassMethylpyridines
Direct ParentMethylpyridines
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Methylpyridine
  • Heteroaromatic compound
  • Azacycle
  • Organic nitrogen compound
  • Organopnictogen compound
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organonitrogen compound
  • Aromatic heteromonocyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAromatic heteromonocyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Ontology
Disposition

Biological location:

Physico-Chemical Properties
Physico-Chemical Properties - Experimental
PropertyValueReference
Physical stateliquid
Physical DescriptionNot Available
Mass CompositionNot Available
Melting Point-66.7 oC
Boiling PointNot Available
Experimental Water Solubility1000 mg/mLRIDDICK,JA et al. (1986)
Experimental logP1.11HANSCH,C ET AL. (1995)
Experimental pKa6
Isoelectric pointNot Available
ChargeNot Available
Optical RotationNot Available
Spectroscopic UV DataNot Available
DensityNot Available
Refractive IndexNot Available
Spectra
Spectra
EI-MS/GC-MS
TypeDescriptionSplash KeyView
GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrumsplash10-0006-9000000000-fe72c25d1009b547235fSpectrum
GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrumsplash10-0006-9000000000-b3226bb92643c265010aSpectrum
GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrumsplash10-0006-9000000000-30ce30016e1d6ff093c4Spectrum
GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrumsplash10-0006-9000000000-fe72c25d1009b547235fSpectrum
GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrumsplash10-0006-9000000000-b3226bb92643c265010aSpectrum
GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, GC-MS Spectrumsplash10-0006-9000000000-30ce30016e1d6ff093c4Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, Positivesplash10-0006-9000000000-50af54ea2b31ccd52637Spectrum
Predicted GC-MS2-Methylpyridine, non-derivatized, Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - 70eV, PositiveNot AvailableSpectrum
MS/MS
TypeDescriptionSplash KeyView
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-0006-9000000000-429c60d042b13dee3f462016-08-01View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-0006-9000000000-066cbced4cb7fa00c5e52016-08-01View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-0uxr-9000000000-140522b8a5b540c862d42016-08-01View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-0006-9000000000-4a05504f1b23666665c62016-08-03View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-0006-9000000000-6c174dac59b2b8a7f9a82016-08-03View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-0006-9000000000-665c9d9b722ba2305e502016-08-03View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-0006-9000000000-eef4c1f804c025cbb9782021-09-22View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-0006-9000000000-eef4c1f804c025cbb9782021-09-22View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-0006-9000000000-28e713e4d1700d9d0a8b2021-09-22View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-0006-9000000000-06a3d6ebd346da1f3fd22021-09-23View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-004l-9000000000-161a475ddb662babf1d52021-09-23View Spectrum
Predicted MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-0uxr-9000000000-a22ea7d81cb55466a0482021-09-23View Spectrum
NMRNot Available
ChemSpider ID13839199
ChEMBL IDCHEMBL15732
KEGG Compound IDC14447
Pubchem Compound ID7975
Pubchem Substance IDNot Available
ChEBI ID50415
Phenol-Explorer IDNot Available
DrugBank IDNot Available
HMDB IDHMDB0061888
CRC / DFC (Dictionary of Food Compounds) IDNot Available
EAFUS IDNot Available
Dr. Duke ID2-METHYL-PYRIDINE
BIGG IDNot Available
KNApSAcK IDNot Available
HET IDNot Available
Food Biomarker OntologyNot Available
VMH IDNot Available
Flavornet ID109-06-8
GoodScent IDrw1180531
SuperScent IDNot Available
Wikipedia ID2-Methylpyridine
Phenol-Explorer Metabolite IDNot Available
Duplicate IDSNot Available
Old DFC IDSNot Available
Associated Foods
FoodContent Range AverageReference
FoodReference
Biological Effects and Interactions
Health Effects / BioactivitiesNot Available
EnzymesNot Available
PathwaysNot Available
MetabolismNot Available
BiosynthesisNot Available
Organoleptic Properties
Flavours
FlavorCitations
sweat
  1. Arn, H, Acree TE. “Flavornet: A database of aroma compounds based on odor potency in natural products”. Developments in Food Science 40 (1998): 27. doi:10.1016/S0167-4501(98)80029-0
  2. The Good Scents Company (2009). Flavor and fragrance information catalog. <http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/allprod.html> Accessed 15.10.23.
bitter
  1. Ayana Wiener, Marina Shudler, Anat Levit, Masha Y. Niv. BitterDB: a database of bitter compounds. Nucleic Acids Res 2012, 40(Database issue):D413-419. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkr755
Files
MSDSNot Available
References
Synthesis ReferenceNot Available
General ReferenceNot Available
Content Reference— Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004).