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B19401

Sigma-Aldrich

Benzyl cyanide

98%

Synonym(s):

Phenylacetonitrile

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2CN
CAS Number:
140-29-4
Molecular Weight:
117.15
Beilstein:
385941
EC Number:
205-410-5
MDL number:
MFCD00001894
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24891621
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor pressure

0.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Quality Level

200

Assay

98%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.523 (lit.)

bp

233-234 °C (lit.)

mp

−24 °C (lit.)

density

1.015 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

N#CCc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2

InChI key

SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301 + H311,H330

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

215.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

102 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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PDSCL

Deleterious substance

FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 3 petroleums
Hazardous rank III
Water insoluble liquid

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JAN Code

B19401-BULK:
B19401-250ML:
B19401-1KG:4548173188805
B19401-VAR:
B19401-1L:
B19401-250G:4548173188812

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BCCG4875
BCCB9984
MKCJ0275
BCBZ6789
BCBZ6346

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Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 18(5), 1241-1248 (2011-03-08)
In the current study, kinetics of synthesis of 2-phenylvaleronitrile (PVN) was successfully carried out by selective C-alkylation of benzyl cyanide (BC) with n-bromopropane (BP) using aqueous KOH and catalyzed by TBAB under ultrasonic (300W) assisted organic solvent-free conditions. Selective monoalkylation
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(3), 820-825 (2009-01-14)
Many insects possess a sexual communication system that is vulnerable to chemical espionage by parasitic wasps. We recently discovered that a hitch-hiking (H) egg parasitoid exploits the antiaphrodisiac pheromone benzyl cyanide (BC) of the Large Cabbage White butterfly Pieris brassicae.
José Luis García Ruano et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 16(21), 6317-6325 (2010-04-23)
Enantiomerically enriched alpha,alpha-disubstituted phenylacetonitriles have been readily prepared by stereoselective quaternization of 2-alkyl-2-[2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)phenyl]acetonitriles with different alkylating electrophiles in the presence of bases. The use of potassium hexamethyldisilazane (KHMDS)/[18]crown-6 ether and NHMDS with alkyl halides afforded S,S(S) and R,S(S) diastereoisomers, respectively
Tekla Strzalko et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(15), 6431-6442 (2012-06-30)
Mechanisms of alkylation by PhCH(2)Cl or CH(3)I in THF and of deuteriation by DCl (4 N in D(2)O) in THF or THF-toluene of lithiated phenylacetonitrile monoanions and dianions obtained with LHMDS, LDA, or n-BuLi are studied by vibrational and NMR
Jacques Corset et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 68(5), 1340-1346 (2007-05-01)
The carbanionic species possibly formed during the first alkylation step of phenylacetonitrile lithiated anion by CH(3)I and PhCH(2)Cl in THF-hexane solution and their complexes with the lithium salt formed have been observed by infrared spectrometry and characterized by density functional
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