3-Butenenitrile

• Formula: C₄H₅N
• Molecular weight: 67.0892
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H5N/c1-2-3-4-5/h2H,1,3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SJNALLRHIVGIBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-75-1
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• Other names: β-Butenonitrile; Allyl cyanide; Allylnitrile; Propene-3-nitrile; Vinylacetonitrile; 1-Butene-4-nitrile; 3-Butenonitrile; 3-Butenylnitrile; 3-Cyano-1-propene; 3-Cyanopropene; CH2=CHCH2CN; Acetonitrile, vinyl-; TL 350; Allylkyanid; NSC 2583; but-3-enenitrile
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Gas 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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₄N^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₄N^- + H⁺ = C₄H₅N

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₄N^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₄N^- + H⁺ = C₄H₅N

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (KBr DISC); PERKIN-ELMER 180 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 5000-1330, 10% CS2 FOR 1330-625 CM^-1); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

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• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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