Pyrazine, methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₆N₂
• Molecular weight: 94.1145
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H6N2/c1-5-4-6-2-3-7-5/h2-4H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CAWHJQAVHZEVTJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-08-0
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Methylpyrazine; 2-Methylpyrazine; Pyrazine, 2-methyl-
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References

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Notes

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  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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