有吸湿性。易溶于水、吡啶和乙醇，微溶于苯，有毒对皮肤、粘膜有刺激性和腐蚀性。 用途： 2-甲基咪唑可用作： 一种配位调节剂，用于制备2D金属有机框架材料-5 （MOF-5）纳米片，该纳米片是Knoevenagel缩合反应的高效催化剂。 碱性诱导剂，用于合成可作为析氧反应活性电催化剂的无定形的FeCoNi三元氢氧化物纳米片。 与水结合的一种溶剂体系，用于合成可潜在应用于气体分离的沸石咪唑酯骨架结构-8（ZIF-8）膜材料。 2-Methylimidazole is used as a raw material for the preparation of nitroimidazole antibiotics, which is useful in combat anaerobic bacterial and parasitic infections. It acts as a ligand in coordination chemistry. It is also employed as a hardener or accelerator for epoxy resin and auxiliary agent for textile dyes. Further, it acts as a catalyst for refolding of enhanced colored fluorescent protein. It is also useful as a building block in the synthesis of biologically active compounds. In addition to this, it is used as an active pharmaceutical ingredient intermediate such as metronidazole and dimetridazole.