Acetonitrile, hydroxy-

• Formula: C₂H₃NO
• Molecular weight: 57.0513
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3NO/c3-1-2-4/h4H,2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LTYRAPJYLUPLCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 107-16-4
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• Other names: Glycolonitrile; Cyanomethanol; Formaldehyde cyanohydrin; Glycolic nitrile; Glyconitrile; Hydroxyacetonitrile; Hydroxyactonitrile; Hydroxymethylnitrile; 2-Hydroxyacetonitrile; HOCH2CN; USAF A-8565; 2-Hydroxyethanenitrile; Glykolonitril; Hydroxymethylkyanid; Acetonitrile, 2-hydroxy-; NSC 1790; glycollonitrile
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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

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Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 366

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Mielke, Hawkins, et al., 1989
Mielke, Z.; Hawkins, M.; Andrews, L., Matrix reactions of oxygen atoms with methyl cyanide: infrared spectra of hydroxyacetonitrile and acetonitrile N-oxide, J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 93, 2, 558, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100339a015 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

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