CHEBI:176517 - dimethyl diselenide

ChEBI IDCHEBI:176517
ChEBI Namedimethyl diselenide
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DefinitionAn organoselenium compound that is diselane covalently bound to two methyl groups. It has been detected in onion-family vegetables and soft-necked garlics. It induces ER stress and toxic protein aggregation in the budding yeast, S. cerevisiae and used as a reagent to identify distonic radical cations.
Last Modified16 June 2021
Submitterrnash
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FormulaC2H6Se2
Net Charge0
Average Mass187.990
Monoisotopic Mass189.87999
SMILESC[Se][Se]C
InChIInChI=1S/C2H6Se2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H3
InChIKeyVLXBWPOEOIIREY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Pseudomonas tolaasii (ncbitaxon:29442) - PubMed (33811024)
Mesocricetus auratus (ncbitaxon:10036) urine (BTO:0001419) PubMed (27129975)
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1039/B903994E) Identified in hepatocytes.
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
bacterial metabolite  Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
mammalian metabolite  Any animal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in mammals.
human xenobiotic metabolite  Any human metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound in humans.
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role human xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76967)
dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role mammalian metabolite (CHEBI:75768)
dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) is a organoselenium compound (CHEBI:25712)
IUPAC Name 
dimethyldiselane
Synonyms  Source
1,2-dimethyldiselaneHMDB
dimethyldiselenideChemIDplus
diselenide, dimethylSUBMITTER
diselenobismethaneHMDB
methyl diselenideMetaCyc
(CH3Se)2NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
FDB011221FooDB
CPD-12006MetaCyc
HMDB0033208HMDB
21967ChemSpider
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1696897Reaxys
CAS:7101-31-7ChemIDplus
CAS:7101-31-7NIST Chemistry WebBook
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