Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Methyl isocyanide or Isocyanomethane is an organic compound and a member of the isocyanide family. This colorless liquid is isomeric to methyl cyanide (acetonitrile) but its reactivity is very different. Methyl isocyanide is mainly used for making 5-membered heterocyclic rings. The C-N distance in methyl isocyanides is very short 1.158 Å as is characteristic of isocyanides.
