3-Pyridinecarbonitrile

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

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GZPHSAQLYPIAIN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-54-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Nicotinonitrile; Nicotinic acid nitrile; 3-Cyanopyridine; 3-Pyridylcarbonitrile; 3-Pyridinenitrile; 3-Azabenzonitrile; 3-Cyjanopirydyna; Nitryl kwasu nikotynowego; 3-Pyridyl cyanide; Pyridine-3-carbonitrile; NSC 17558
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

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

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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

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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]

Salley and Gray, 1951
Salley, D.J.; Gray, J.B., Heats of combustion of some organic nitrogen compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 5925. [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]

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]

Andriamaharavo, 2014
Andriamaharavo, N.R., Retention Data. NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center., NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 2014. [all data]

Shimoda, Shiratsuchi, et al., 1996
Shimoda, M.; Shiratsuchi, H.; Nakada, Y.; Wu, Y.; Osajima, Y., Identification and sensory characterization of volatile flavor compounds in sesame seed oil, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1996, 44, 12, 3909-3912, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf960115f . [all data]

Leffingwell and Alford, 2005
Leffingwell, J.C.; Alford, E.D., Volatile constituents of Perique tobacco, Electron. J. Environ. Agric. Food Chem., 2005, 4, 2, 899-915. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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