CHEBI:16183 - methane

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ChEBI Name methane
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16183
Definition A one-carbon compound in which the carbon is attached by single bonds to four hydrogen atoms. It is a colourless, odourless, non-toxic but flammable gas (b.p. −161°C).
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:6811, CHEBI:14585, CHEBI:25220
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Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): 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(s): bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
Application(s): 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.
Related Structures
methane has Substituent Group(s)
methyl group
Mass : 15.03452
Formula : CH3
32875
methanetetrayl group
Mass : 12.01070
Formula : C
30039
methanediylidene group
Mass : 12.01070
Formula : C
30040
methanylylidene group
Mass : 13.01864
Formula : CH
29432
methanetriyl group
Mass : 13.01864
Formula : CH
29433
methylene group
Mass : 14.02658
Formula : CH2
50728
methylidene group
Mass : 14.02658
Formula : CH2
29358
methylidyne group
Mass : 13.01864
Formula : CH
29429
methane is a Parent Hydride of
methyl
Mass : 15.03452
Formula : CH3
29309
methanetriyl
hydridocarbon(.)
Mass : 13.01864
Formula : CH
29430
methanimine
Mass : 29.04126
Formula : CH3N
38220
halomethane
Definition : A haloalkane that is methane in which one (or more) of the hydrogens have been replaced by a halogen atom/halogen atoms.
methane is a Conjugate Acid of
methanide
Mass : 15.03452
Formula : CH3
29438
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