Acetonitrile
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Acetonitrile | |||
| Systematic IUPAC name
Ethanenitrile | |||
Other names
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| Identifiers | |||
3D model (JSmol)
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| 741857 | |||
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| ChEMBL | |||
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.760 | ||
| EC Number |
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| 895 | |||
| MeSH | acetonitrile | ||
PubChem CID
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| UNII | |||
| UN number | 1648 | ||
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| Properties | |||
| C2H3N | |||
| Molar mass | 41.053 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | Colorless liquid | ||
| Odor | ether-like (threshold 39.8 ppm) | ||
| Density | 0.786 g/cm3 | ||
| Melting point | −46 to −44 °C; −51 to −47 °F; 227 to 229 K | ||
| Boiling point | 81.3 to 82.1 °C; 178.2 to 179.7 °F; 354.4 to 355.2 K | ||
| Critical point (T, P) | 545 K (272 °C), 4.87 MPa | ||
| Miscible | |||
| log P | −0.54 | ||
| Vapor pressure | 9.71 kPa (at 20 °C (68 °F; 293 K)) | ||
Henry's law
constant (kH) |
530 μmol/(Pa·kg) | ||
| Acidity (pKa) | 25 | ||
| UV-vis (λmax) | 195 nm | ||
| Absorbance | ≤ 0.10 | ||
| −28.0×10−6 cm3/mol | |||
Refractive index (nD)
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1.344 | ||
| Viscosity | 0.350 mPa·s (20 °C (68 °F; 293 K)) | ||
| 3.92 D | |||
| Thermochemistry | |||
Heat capacity (C)
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91.69 J⋅K−1·mol-1 | ||
Std molar
entropy (S⦵298) |
149.62 J⋅K−1·mol-1 | ||
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
40.16 to 40.96 kJ⋅mol−1 | ||
Std enthalpy of
combustion (ΔcH⦵298) |
−1256.03 to −1256.63 kJ⋅mol−1 | ||
Enthalpy of fusion (ΔfH⦵fus)
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8.167 kJ⋅mol−1 (crystalline to liquid) | ||
Enthalpy of vaporization (ΔfHvap)
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| Hazards | |||
| GHS labelling: | |||
| Danger | |||
| H225, H302+H312+H332, H319 | |||
| P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312+P330, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340+P312, P305+P351+P338, P337+P313, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501 | |||
| NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |||
| Flash point | 2.0 °C (35.6 °F; 275.1 K) | ||
| 523.0 °C (973.4 °F; 796.1 K) | |||
| Explosive limits | 4.4%–16.0% | ||
| Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |||
LD50 (median dose)
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LC50 (median concentration)
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LCLo (lowest published)
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16,000 ppm (dog, 4 hr) | ||
| NIOSH (US health exposure limits): | |||
PEL (Permissible)
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40 ppm (70 mg/m3, TWA) | ||
REL (Recommended)
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20 ppm (34 mg/m3, TWA) | ||
IDLH (Immediate danger)
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500 ppm | ||
| Related compounds | |||
Related alkanenitriles
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| Supplementary data page | |||
| Acetonitrile (data page) | |||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references
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Acetonitrile, often abbreviated MeCN (methyl cyanide), is the chemical compound with the formula CH3CN and structure H3C−C≡N. This colourless liquid is the simplest organic nitrile (hydrogen cyanide is a simpler nitrile, but the cyanide anion is not classed as organic). It is produced mainly as a byproduct of acrylonitrile manufacture. It is used as a polar aprotic solvent in organic synthesis and in the purification of butadiene. The N≡C−C skeleton is linear with a short C≡N distance of 1.16 Å.
Acetonitrile was first prepared in 1847 by the French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas.