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🧪 With one methyl 🧬 A single-methyl group
monomethyl

monomethyl

8.6
A chemical that has one methyl group attached
  • noun
  • Specialized
: monometílico
  • In organic chemistry, monomethyl refers to a molecule that has one methyl group attached.

Examples

  • This was shown by the conjugation of monomethyl-auristatin E to an anti-HER2 affibody, which was found to be cytotoxic to cells overexpressing HER2 in vitro.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Compounds such as monomethyl hydrazine are often used as rocket propellants.

  • The researcher synthesized a new drug by modifying a monomethyl variant of an existing compound.

Surface Forms

monomethyl singular
monomethyls plural

Morphology

monomethyl = methyl (transparent) = mono + methyl

The noun names a chemical entity with one methyl group, so the structure is still straightforwardly compositional.

Etymology

The word monomethyl comes from mono- 'single' and methyl, the name for a small 'CH3' group found in alcohols, so a monomethyl is a molecule or chemical that has one methyl group.