有极不愉快的气味。能与乙醇、乙醚混溶，易溶于水。易燃。蒸气能与空气形成爆炸性混合物，爆炸极限1.4%-8.6%(体积)。低毒，半数致死量(大鼠，经口)790mg/kg。有刺激性。 2-甲基吡啶 (2-Picoline，2-Methylpyridine) 用于傅里叶变换离子回旋共振质谱研究三甲基异咯嗪的电子和质子转移反应。 2-甲基吡啶在合成途径中用于生成脱芳香化、烯丙基化和 C-H 键活化的吡啶衍生物。 2-Picoline (2-Methylpyridine) was used to study the electron and proton transfer reactions of lumiflavin using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. 2-Picoline was used in the synthetic pathway for the production of dearomatized, allylated and C-H bond activated pyridine derivatives.