Metabolomics Structure Database

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MW REGNO:	50410
Common Name:	Methane
Systematic Name:	methane;tetrahydridocarbon
RefMet Name:	Methane
Synonyms:	CH4; Methan; marsh gas; metano; methane; methyl hydride [PubChem Synonyms]
Exact Mass:	16.0313 (neutral)    Calculate m/z: (Choose adduct) [M+H]+ [M+H-H2O]+ [M.]+ [M+2H]2+ [M+3H]3+ [M+4H]4+ [M+K]+ [M+2K]2+ [M-H+2K]+ [M+Na]+ [M+2Na]2+ [M-H+2Na]+ [M+Li]+ [M+2Li]2+ [M+NH4]+ [M-H]- [M-2H]2- [M-3H]3- [M-4H]4- [M+Cl]- [M+OAc]- [M+HCOO]- M(neutral)
Formula:	CH4
InChIKey:	VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
ClassyFire superclass:	Hydrocarbons [C0002837]
ClassyFire class:	Saturated hydrocarbons [C0004474]
ClassyFire subclass:	Alkanes [C0002500]
ClassyFire direct parent:	Alkanes [C0002500]
MoNA MS spectra:	View MS spectra
SMILES:	C
Studies:	Available studies (via RefMet name)

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Calculated physicochemical properties (?):

Heavy Atoms:	1
Rings:	0
Aromatic Rings:	0
Rotatable Bonds:	0
van der Waals Molecular volume:	25.86 Å3 molecule-1
Toplogical Polar Sufrace Area:	0.00 Å2 molecule-1
Hydrogen Bond Donors:	0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors:	0
logP:	0.64
Molar Refractivity:	6.73
Fraction sp3 Carbons:	1.00
sp3 Carbons:	1

References

LIPID MAPS classification: "Update of the LIPID MAPS comprehensive classification system for lipids", Fahy E, Subramaniam S, Murphy RC, Nishijima M, Raetz CR, Shimizu T, Spener F, van Meer G, Wakelam MJ, and Dennis EA, J. Lipid Res. (2009) 50: S9-S14. DOI: 10.1194/jlr.R800095-JLR200
ClassyFire classification: "ClassyFire: automated chemical classification with a comprehensive, computable taxonomy", Djoumbou Feunang Y, Eisner R, Knox C, Chepelev L, Hastings J, Owen G, Fahy E, Steinbeck C, Subramanian S, Bolton E, Greiner R, and Wishart DS, J. Cheminformatics (2016) 8:61. DOI: 10.1186/s13321-016-0174-y