Propanedinitrile
- Formula: C3H2N2
- Molecular weight: 66.0614
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CUONGYYJJVDODC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 109-77-3
- Chemical structure:
This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file
The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript. - Other names: Malononitrile; Cyanoacetonitrile; Dicyanomethane; Malonic acid dinitrile; Malonodinitrile; Methane, dicyano-; Methylene cyanide; Methylenedinitrile; CH2(CN)2; Malonitrile; Malonic dinitrile; Nitril kyseliny malonove; USAF A-4600; Dwumetylosulfotlenku; Rcra waste number U149; UN 2647; USAF KF-19; NSC 3769
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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
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔfH°gas | 63.64 ± 0.24 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990 | |
ΔfH°gas | 63.5 ± 0.5 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Boyd, Guha, et al., 1967 |
Condensed phase thermochemistry data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔfH°solid | 44.91 ± 0.05 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990 | ALS |
ΔfH°solid | 44.6 ± 0.3 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Boyd, Guha, et al., 1967 | ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔcH°solid | -395.37 ± 0.05 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990 | ALS |
ΔcH°solid | -395.0 ± 0.3 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Boyd, Guha, et al., 1967 | ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
S°solid,1 bar | 31.300 | cal/mol*K | N/A | Girdhar, Westrum, et al., 1968 | crystaline, I phase; Entropy as calculated from data on undercooled, c,I from 5 K and from data on c,II, c,II/c,I transition, and c,I is the same.; DH |
Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
26.360 | 298.15 | Girdhar, Westrum, et al., 1968 | crystaline, I phase; T = 5 to 320 K.; DH |
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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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Tboil | 493.2 | K | N/A | Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990 | BS |
Tboil | 491.7 | K | N/A | Weast and Grasselli, 1989 | BS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tfus | 305. | K | N/A | Stephenson, 1994 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
Tfus | 304. | K | N/A | Trunel, 1939 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC |
Tfus | 307.6 | K | N/A | Van de Vloed, 1939 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
Tfus | 304.65 | K | N/A | Bruhl, 1895 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Ttriple | 304.910 | K | N/A | Girdhar, Westrum, et al., 1968, 2 | Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.06 K; TRC |
Ttriple | 304.980 | K | N/A | Girdhar, Westrum, et al., 1968, 2 | Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC |
Ttriple | 304.99 | K | N/A | Westrum and Wulff, 1968 | Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔsubH° | 18.73 ± 0.23 | kcal/mol | C | Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990 | ALS |
ΔsubH° | 18.7 | kcal/mol | N/A | Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990 | DRB |
ΔsubH° | 18.7 ± 0.24 | kcal/mol | N/A | Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990 | Based on data from 278. to 299. K.; AC |
ΔsubH° | 18.9 ± 0.2 | kcal/mol | V | Boyd, Guha, et al., 1967 | ALS |
ΔsubH° | 19.1 | kcal/mol | N/A | Boyd, Guha, et al., 1967 | DRB |
Reduced pressure boiling point
Tboil (K) | Pressure (atm) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
382.2 | 0.026 | Weast and Grasselli, 1989 | BS |
Enthalpy of fusion
ΔfusH (kcal/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
2.56 | 305. | DSC | Badea, Blanco, et al., 2007 | AC |
2.58 | 305. | N/A | Domalski and Hearing, 1996 | AC |
Temperature of phase transition
Ttrs (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
140. | crystaline, IV, Re | crystaline, II, entrant phase transition; second order | Wasiutynski, Olejarczyk, et al., 1987 | DH |
303. | crystaline, I | crystaline, I' | Wasiutynski, Olejarczyk, et al., 1987 | First order transition.; DH |
260. | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Wasiutynski, Olejarczyk, et al., 1987 | Phase III is stable below 260 K.; DH |
295. | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Wasiutynski, Olejarczyk, et al., 1987 | Second order transition.; DH |
Enthalpy of phase transition
ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) | Temperature (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.5801 | 304.99 | crystaline, I | liquid | Girdhar, Westrum, et al., 1968 | DH |
Entropy of phase transition
ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.458 | 304.99 | crystaline, I | liquid | Girdhar, Westrum, et al., 1968 | DH |
Reaction thermochemistry data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
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Individual Reactions
C3HN2- + =
By formula: C3HN2- + H+ = C3H2N2
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
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ΔrH° | 335.8 ± 2.1 | kcal/mol | G+TS | Fujio, McIver, et al., 1981 | gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B |
ΔrH° | 336.0 ± 2.6 | kcal/mol | G+TS | Cumming and Kebarle, 1978 | gas phase; B |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔrG° | 328.1 ± 2.0 | kcal/mol | IMRE | Fujio, McIver, et al., 1981 | gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B |
ΔrG° | 328.2 ± 2.0 | kcal/mol | IMRE | Cumming and Kebarle, 1978 | gas phase; B |
ΔrG° | 328.9 ± 2.0 | kcal/mol | IMRE | Taft, Abboud, et al., 1988 | gas phase; Revised: 91TAF; B |
(solution) + C5H11BrMg (solution) = C3HBrMgN2 (solution) +
(solution)
By formula: C3H2N2 (solution) + C5H11BrMg (solution) = C3HBrMgN2 (solution) + C5H12 (solution)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | -48.59 | kcal/mol | RSC | Holm, 1983 | solvent: Diethyl ether; MS |
By formula: I- + C3H2N2 = (I- • C3H2N2)
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔrH° | 18.9 ± 1.0 | kcal/mol | TDAs | Caldwell, Masucci, et al., 1989 | gas phase; B,M |
IR Spectrum
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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.
- LIQUID; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm-1 resolution
- LIQUID (NEAT) $$PURITY 99.75%; BAIRD (PRISM); DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY
- SOLID (MULL, KEL-F OIL FOR 2-7.5 AND MINERAL OIL FOR 7.5-16 MICRONS); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm-1 resolution
Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director
Spectrum
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Origin | Japan AIST/NIMC Database- Spectrum MS-NW- 597 |
NIST MS number | 229070 |
UV/Visible spectrum
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Source | Schurz and Ullrich, 1959 |
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Owner | INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the United States of America. All rights reserved. |
Origin | INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS |
Source reference | RAS UV No. 12875 |
Instrument | n.i.g. |
Melting point | 32 |
Boiling point | 218.5 |
Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels
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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi
Symmetry: C2ν Symmetry Number σ = 2
Sym. | No | Approximate | Selected Freq. | Infrared | Raman | Comments | ||||
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Species | type of mode | Value | Rating | Value | Phase | Value | Phase | |||
a1 | 1 | CH2 s-str | 2935 | C | 2935 VS | liq. | 2929 | liq. | ||
a1 | 2 | CN s-str | 2275 | C | 2275 M | liq. | 2263 | liq. | SF(ν9) | |
a1 | 3 | CH2 scis | 1395 | C | 1395 VS | liq. | 1386 | liq. | ||
a1 | 4 | CC s-str | 890 | C | 890 S | liq. | 892 | liq. | ||
a1 | 5 | CCC deform | 582 | C | 582 M | liq. | 574 | liq. | ||
a1 | 6 | CCN bend | 167 | C | 167 | liq. | ||||
a2 | 7 | CH2 twist | 1220 | C | 1220 ia VW | liq. | 1214 | liq. | ||
a2 | 8 | CCN bend | 367 | C | 371 ia M | liq. | 367 | liq. | SF(ν12) | |
b1 | 9 | CN a-str | 2275 | C | 2275 M | liq. | 2263 | liq. | SF(ν2) | |
b1 | 10 | CH2 wag | 1318 | C | 1318 W | liq. | 1310 | liq. | ||
b1 | 11 | CC a-str | 982 | C | 982 S | liq. | 975 | liq. | ||
b1 | 12 | CCN bend | 366 | C | 366 S | liq. | 367 | liq. | SF(ν8) | |
b2 | 13 | CH2 a-str | 2968 | C | 2968 VS | liq. | 2960 | liq. | ||
b2 | 14 | CH2 rock | 933 | C | 933 M | liq. | ||||
b2 | 15 | CCN bend | 337 | C | 337 S | liq. | ||||
Source: Shimanouchi, 1972
Notes
VS | Very strong |
S | Strong |
M | Medium |
W | Weak |
VW | Very weak |
ia | Inactive |
SF | Calculation shows that the frequency approximately equals that of the vibration indicated in the parentheses. |
C | 3~6 cm-1 uncertainty |
References
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Beckhaus, Dogan, et al., 1990
Beckhaus, H.D.; Dogan, B.; Pakusch, J.; Verevkin, S.; Ruechardt, C.,
Geminal substituent effects. 4. The dependence of the inverse anomeric effect of geminal cyano groups on the structure,
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Boyd, R.H.; Guha, K.R.; Wuthrich, R.,
Thermochemistry of cyanocarbons. II. The heats of combustion of pyridinium dicyanomethylide, malononitrile, and fumaronitrile,
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Girdhar, H.L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr.; Wulff, C.A.,
Thermodynamic properties and third-law cycle for malononitrile,
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Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]
Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]
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Mutual Solubility of Water and Nitriles,
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Van de Vloed, 1939
Van de Vloed, A.,
Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1939, 48, 229. [all data]
Bruhl, 1895
Bruhl, J.W.,
Spectrochemistry of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds. I.,
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Girdhar, H.L.; Westrum, E.F.; Wulff, C.A.,
Thermodynamic properties and third-law cycle for malononitrile.,
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Westrum and Wulff, 1968
Westrum, E.F.; Wulff, C.A.,
Thermodynamic properties and third-law cycle for malononitrile,
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Badea, Blanco, et al., 2007
Badea, Elena; Blanco, Ignazio; Della Gatta, Giuseppe,
Fusion and solid-to-solid transitions of a homologous series of alkane-α,ω-dinitriles,
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Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D.,
Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III,
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Wasiutynski, Olejarczyk, et al., 1987
Wasiutynski, T.; Olejarczyk, W.; Sciesinski, J.; Witko, W.,
Phase transition studies of malononitrile,
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Fujio, McIver, et al., 1981
Fujio, M.; McIver, R.T., Jr.; Taft, R.W.,
Effects on the acidities of phenols from specific substituent-solvent interactions. Inherent substituent parameters from gas phase acidities,
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Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
Cumming, J.B.; Kebarle, P.,
Summary of gas phase measurements involving acids AH. Entropy changes in proton transfer reactions involving negative ions. Bond dissociation energies D(A-H) and electron affinities EA(A),
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Taft, Abboud, et al., 1988
Taft, R.W.; Abboud, J.L.M.; Anvia, F.; Berthelot, M.; Fujio, M.; Gal, J.-F.; Headley, A.D.; Henderson, W.G.,
Regarding the Inherent Dependence of Resonance Effects of Strongly Conjugated Substituents on Electron Demand,
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Holm, 1983
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Caldwell, Masucci, et al., 1989
Caldwell, G.W.; Masucci, J.A.; Ikonomou, M.G.,
Negative Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry - Binding of Molecules to Bromide and Iodide Anions,
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Z. physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1959, 21, 185. [all data]
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Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume I, National Bureau of Standards, 1972, 1-160. [all data]
Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
Cp,solid Constant pressure heat capacity of solid S°solid,1 bar Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar) Tboil Boiling point Tfus Fusion (melting) point Ttriple Triple point temperature Ttrs Temperature of phase transition ΔHtrs Enthalpy of phase transition ΔStrs Entropy of phase transition 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 ΔfusH Enthalpy of fusion ΔrG° Free energy of reaction at standard conditions ΔrH° Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions ΔsubH° Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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