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1-Cyanobenzimidazole

96%

Synonym(s):

N-Cyanobenzimidazole

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H5N3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
143.15
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

assay

96%

form

solid

reaction suitability

reaction type: C-C Bond Formation

mp

98-106 °C

SMILES string

N#Cn1cnc2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C8H5N3/c9-5-11-6-10-7-3-1-2-4-8(7)11/h1-4,6H

InChI key

SGCJHVTWXFWDOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

1-Cyanobenzimidazole can be used:
  • To prepare alkyl benzimidazole-1-carboximidates and 1H-benzimidazole-1-carbohydrazonamide by reacting with aliphatic alcohols and excess of hydrazine, respectively.
  • As an electrophilic cyanating reagent in cyanation reactions including aryl and heteroaryl Grignard reagents.

Reacant for:
  • Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions
  • Electrophilic cyanation of aryl and heteroaryl Grignard reagents
  • Hydrolysis in alkalyne solutions

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesCorrosion

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable


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New strategies and applications using electrophilic cyanide-transfer reagents under transition metal-free conditions
Schorgenhumer J and Waser M
Organic Chemistry Frontiers : An International Journal of Organic Chemistry / Royal Society of Chemistry, 3(11), 1535-1540 (2016)
1H-Benzimidazole-1-carbohydrazonamide
Sokolov AV, et al.
Acta Crystallographica Section E, Structure Reports Online, 62(8), o3209-o3210 (2006)
Transnitrilation from dimethylmalononitrile to aryl grignard and lithium reagents: A practical method for aryl nitrile synthesis
Reeves JT, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(29), 9481-9488 (2015)

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