Methylacrylonitrile

• Formula: C₄H₅N
• Molecular weight: 67.0892
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H5N/c1-4(2)3-5/h1H2,2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GYCMBHHDWRMZGG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 126-98-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2-Propenenitrile, 2-methyl-; Methacrylonitrile; α-Methacrylonitrile; α-Methylacrylonitrile; Isopropene cyanide; Isopropenylnitrile; 2-Cyano-1-propene; 2-Cyanopropene; 2-Methyl-2-propenenitrile; 2-Methylacrylonitrile; 2-Methylpropenenitrile; CH2C(CH3)CN; 2-Cyanopropene-1; USAF ST-40; Rcra waste number U152; 1-Methyl-1-cyanoethylene; Propenenitrile, 2-methyl; NSC 24145
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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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

(CAS Reg. No. 42117-14-6 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 42117-14-6

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 42117-14-6 • 4294967295C₄H₅N) + C₄H₅N = CAS Reg. No. 42117-14-6

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₄N^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₄N^- + H⁺ = C₄H₅N

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (30 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH II) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• LIQUID (NEAT) $$ FRESHLY DISTILLED; PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 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

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

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References

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Bartmess and Burnham, 1984
Bartmess, J.E.; Burnham, R., Effect of central substituents on the gas phase acidities of propenes, J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 1382. [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Desfrancois, Abdoul-Carime, et al., 1994
Desfrancois, C.; Abdoul-Carime, H.; Khelifa, N.; Schermann, J.P., Fork 1/r to 1/r2 Potentials: Electron Exchange between Rydberg Atoms and Polar Molecules, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1994, 73, 18, 2436, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2436 . [all data]

Willett and Baer, 1980
Willett, G.D.; Baer, T., Thermochemistry and dissociation dynamics of state-selected C₄H₄X ions. 3. C₄H₅N⁺, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 6774. [all data]

Koenig, Snell, et al., 1976
Koenig, T.; Snell, W.; Chang, J.C., The He(I) photoelectron spectra of benzyl and α-cyanoisopropyl radicals, Tetrahedron Lett., 1976, 50, 4569. [all data]

Houk and Munchausen, 1976
Houk, K.N.; Munchausen, L.L., Ionization potentials, electron affinities, reactivities of cyanoalkenes related electron-deficient alkenes. A frontier molecular orbital treatment of cyanoalkene reactivities in cycloaddition, electrophilic, nucleophilic, and radical reactions., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 937. [all data]

Sakurai and Jennings, 1981
Sakurai, H.; Jennings, K.R., A study of the structures of decomposing and non-decomposing [C₄H₅N]⁺ ions formed from different neutral species, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1981, 16, 393. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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