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Sigma-Aldrich

2-Furonitrile

99%

Synonym(s):

2-Cyanofuran

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H3NO
CAS Number:
617-90-3
Molecular Weight:
93.08
EC Number:
210-537-4
MDL number:
MFCD00003223
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24849823
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.479 (lit.)

bp

146-148 °C (lit.)

density

1.064 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

N#Cc1ccco1

InChI

1S/C5H3NO/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-3H

InChI key

YXDXXGXWFJCXEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Infrared and Raman spectra of 2-furonitrile has been studied.

Application

2-Furonitrile was employed as substrate to investigate the substrate specificity of nitrilase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous Jl cell.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

95.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

35 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Vibrational spectra of 2-and 3-furonitrile.
Volka K, et al.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy, 32(2), 397-401 (1976)
C D Mathew et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 54(4), 1030-1032 (1988-04-01)
The nitrilase which occurs abundantly in cells of Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1 catalyzes the direct hydrolysis of 3-cyanopyridine to nicotinic acid without forming nicotinamide. By using resting cells, the reaction conditions for nicotinic acid production were optimized. Under the optimum conditions
Masazumi Tamura et al.
Nature communications, 6, 8580-8580 (2015-10-06)
Multidentate materials formed by simply mixing heterogeneous and homogeneous components are promising for construction of versatile active sites on the surface of heterogeneous compounds, however, to the best of our knowledge, there are no reports on such materials. Self-assembly of

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