4-Pyridinecarbonitrile

• Formula: C₆H₄N₂
• Molecular weight: 104.1094
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H4N2/c7-5-6-1-3-8-4-2-6/h1-4H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GPHQHTOMRSGBNZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-48-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Isonicotinonitrile; γ-Cyanopyridine; Isonicotinic acid nitrile; 4-Cyanopyridine; 4-Pyridinenitrile
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  • IR Spectrum
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  • Gas Chromatography
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  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Bickerton, Pilcher, et al., 1984
Bickerton, J.; Pilcher, G.; Al-Takhin, G., Enthalpies of combustion of the three aminopyridines and the three cyanopyridines, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1984, 16, 373-378. [all data]

Frinton Laboratories Inc., 1986
Frinton Laboratories Inc., Catalog Number 11, Frinton Laboratories Inc., Vineland, NJ, 1986, 99. [all data]

Leis and Curran, 1945
Leis, D.G.; Curran, B.C., Electric moments of some gamma-substituted pyridines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 79. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Stefanovic and Grutzmacher, 1974
Stefanovic, D.; Grutzmacher, H.F., The ionisation potential of some substituted pyridines, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1974, 9, 1052. [all data]

Ramsey and Walker, 1974
Ramsey, B.G.; Walker, F.A., A linear relationship between substituted pyridine lone pair vertical ionization potentials and pK_a, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 3314. [all data]

Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1974
Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of aminopyridines and cyanopyridines, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 4, 207. [all data]

Osmialowski, Halkiewicz, et al., 1985
Osmialowski, K.; Halkiewicz, J.; Radecki, A.; Kaliszan, R., Quantum chemical parameters in correlation analysis of gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of amines, J. Chromatogr., 1985, 346, 53-60, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)90493-X . [all data]

Premecz and Ford, 1987
Premecz, J.E.; Ford, M.E., Gas chromatographic separation of substituted pyridines, J. Chromatogr., 1987, 388, 23-35, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)94463-2 . [all data]

Qi, Yang, et al., 2000
Qi, Y.; Yang, J.; Xu, L., correlation analysis of the structures and gas liquid chromatographic retention indices of amines, Chin. J. Anal. Chem., 2000, 28, 2, 223-227. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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