Octadecanenitrile

• Formula: C₁₈H₃₅N
• Molecular weight: 265.4772
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C18H35N/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19/h2-17H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RHSBIGNQEIPSCT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 638-65-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Stearonitrile; Heptadecyl cyanide; Nitril kyseliny stearove; 1-Cyanoheptadecane; Octadecanonitrile; Oktadekannitril
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Normal melting point

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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Gagnon, Boivin, et al., 1956
Gagnon, P.E.; Boivin, J.L.; Haggart, Catherine, Reactions of Ammonium Sulfamate With Amides and Ureas., Can. J. Chem., 1956, 34, 1662. [all data]

Holman, 1951
Holman, R.T., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 3337. [all data]

Hoffman, Hoerr, et al., 1945
Hoffman, E.J.; Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., The Binary System Stearonitrile-Palmitonitrile., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 1542. [all data]

Whitmore, Herr, et al., 1945
Whitmore, F.C.; Herr, C.H.; Clarke, D.G.; Rowland, C.S.; Schiessler, R.W., Higher Hydrocarbons. III. The Wolf-Kishner Reactioon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 2059. [all data]

Dorinson and Ralston, 1944
Dorinson, A.; Ralston, A.W., Refractive Indices of the Normal Saturated Aliphatic Nitriles. ammonia, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 361. [all data]

Hoerr, Binkerd, et al., 1944
Hoerr, C.W.; Binkerd, E.F.; Pool, W.O.; Ralston, A.W., Solubilities of High-Molecular-Weight Normal Aliphatic Nitriles., J. Org. Chem., 1944, 9, 68-80. [all data]

Ralston, Hoerr, et al., 1942
Ralston, A.W.; Hoerr, C.W.; Hoffman, E.J., Studies on High Molecular Weight ALiphatic Amines and Their Salts. VII The Systems Octylamine, Dodecylamine, and Octadecylamine-Water, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1516. [all data]

Ralston, Selby, et al., 1940
Ralston, A.W.; Selby, W.M.; Pool, W.O.; Potts, R.H., Boiling Points of n-alkyl Primary Amines., Ind. Eng. Chem., 1940, 32, 1093. [all data]

Ralston, Vander Wal, et al., 1939
Ralston, A.W.; Vander Wal, R.J.; McCorkle, M.R., The Preparation and Properties of High-Molecular-Weight Aliphatic Thioamides., J. Org. Chem., 1939, 4, 68. [all data]

Ralston, Harwood, et al., 1937
Ralston, A.W.; Harwood, H.J.; Pool, W.O., The Preparation and Cracking of High Molecular Weight Nitriles., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 986-92. [all data]

Krafft and Stauffer, 1882
Krafft, F.; Stauffer, B., The nitriles c(n)h(2n+2)cn of the higher fatty acids, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1882, 15, 1728-31. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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