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CHEBI:16183 - methane
| Formula | CH4 |
| Net Charge | 0 |
| Average Mass | 16.043 |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 16.03130 |
| SMILES | [H]C([H])([H])[H] |
| InChI | InChI=1S/CH4/h1H4 |
| InChIKey | VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Wikipedia |
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| Roles Classification |
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| Chemical Role: | greenhouse gas A gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range, so contributing to the 'greenhouse effect'. |
| Biological Role: | bacterial metabolite Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria. |
| Application: | fossil fuel A fuel such as coal, oil and natural gas which has formed over many years through the decomposition of deposited vegetation which was under extreme pressure of an overburden of earth. |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) has role fossil fuel (CHEBI:35230) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) has role greenhouse gas (CHEBI:76413) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) is a alkane (CHEBI:18310) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) is a gas molecular entity (CHEBI:138675) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) is a mononuclear parent hydride (CHEBI:37176) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) is a one-carbon compound (CHEBI:64708) |
| methane (CHEBI:16183) is conjugate acid of methanide (CHEBI:29438) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| halomethane (CHEBI:39279) has parent hydride methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| hydridocarbon(•) (CHEBI:29430) has parent hydride methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanetriyl (CHEBI:29431) has parent hydride methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanimine (CHEBI:38220) has parent hydride methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methyl (CHEBI:29309) has parent hydride methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methane clathrate (CHEBI:132140) has part methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanide (CHEBI:29438) is conjugate base of methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanediylidene group (CHEBI:30040) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanetetrayl group (CHEBI:30039) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanetriyl group (CHEBI:29433) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methanylylidene group (CHEBI:29432) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methyl group (CHEBI:32875) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methylene group (CHEBI:50728) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methylidene group (CHEBI:29358) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| methylidyne group (CHEBI:29429) is substituent group from methane (CHEBI:16183) |
| IUPAC Names |
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| methane |
| tetrahydridocarbon |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| CH4 | IUPAC |
| marsh gas | NIST Chemistry WebBook |
| metano | ChEBI |
| Methan | ChEBI |
| Methane | KEGG COMPOUND |
| méthane | ChEBI |
| UniProt Name | Source |
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| methane | UniProt |
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