| acetonitrile; cyanomethane; ethanenitrile; ethyl nitrile; methyl cyanide | |
| Links: | 🌍 Wikipedia, 📏 NIST, 📖 PubMed, 📖Houben-Weyl, 2. Band (Acetonitril); p. 124, 250, 456, 📖Org. Chem., v. Richter, 1. Vol (Methyl Cyanide); p. 280, |
| CAS RN: | [75-05-8] |
| Formula: | C2H3N; 41.05 g/mol |
| InChiKey: | WEVYAHXRMPXWCK-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES: | CC#N |
| Use: | denaturant; extracts; organic synthesis; perfumes; solvent |
| Toxicology (LD50): | 9 100 mg/Kg (frog, sc); 315 mg/Kg(guinea~pig, sc); 600 mg/Kg(mouse, sc); 700 mg/Kg(mouse, sc); 4 000 mg/Kg(pigeon, im); 5 000 mg/Kg(rabbit, ct); 105 mg/Kg(rabbit, sc); 130 mg/Kg(rabbit, sc); 2 460 mg/Kg(rat, or); 3 800 mg/Kg(rat, or); 2 200 mg/Kg(rat, sc) |
| Density: | 0.782 g/mL |
| Molar volume: | 52.5 mL/mol |
| Refractive index: | 1.344 |
| Molecular refractive power: | 11.12 mL/mol |
| Dielectric constant: | 38.80 |
| Dipole moment: | 3.44 D |
| Melting point: | -44 °C |
| Boiling point: | 82 °C |
| Vapour pressure: | 89 Torr |
| Antoine equation P(Torr) vs T(°C) | |
| Surface tension: | 19.10 dyn/cm |
| Viscosity: | 0.38 cP |
| Critical temperature: | 275 °C |
| Critical pressure: | 47.7 atm |
| Critical volume: | 173.00 ml/mol |
| Evaporation rate (ether): | 2.0 |
| Solubility in water: | 100 % w/w |
| Solubility of water: | 100 % w/w |
| Log10 partition octanol / water: | -0.34 |
| Snyder P': | 5.8 |
| Snyder X: | Xe: 0.3 Xd: 0.3 Xn: 0.4 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, silica): | 0.50 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, alumina): | 0.65 |
| Dimroth ET: | 45.6 |
| Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ): | 11.9 |
| Hansen solubility parameter: | δd: 7.5 (cal/mL)^0.5 δp: 8.8 (cal/mL)^0.5 δh: 3.0 (cal/mL)^0.5 |
| 100g dissolves: 96.5g 4-nitrobenzyl chloride | |
| Specific heat capacity: | 22.0 cal/molK |
