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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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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

IR Spectrum

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• 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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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Mirzaliev, Shakhuradov, et al., 1987
Mirzaliev, A.A.; Shakhuradov, Sh.G.; Guseinov, S.O., Investigation of the isobaric heat capacity of nitriles at different temperatures, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved., Neft i Gaz, 1987, 30(4), 55-58. [all data]

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]

Aflalaye, Sternberg, et al., 1995
Aflalaye, A.; Sternberg, R.; Raulin, F.; Vidal-Madjar, C., Gas chromatography of Titan's atmosphere. VI. Analysis of low-molecular-mass hydrocarbons and nitriles with BPX5 capillary columns, J. Chromatogr. A, 1995, 708, 2, 283-291, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(95)00410-O . [all data]

Do and Raulin, 1992
Do, L.; Raulin, F., Gas chromatography of Titan's atmosphere. III. Analysis of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons and nitriles with a CP-Sil-5 CB WCOT capillary column, J. Chromatogr., 1992, 591, 1-2, 297-301, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(92)80247-R . [all data]

Do and Raulin, 1989
Do, L.; Raulin, F., Gas chromatography of Titan's atmosphere. I. Analysis of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons and nitriles with a PoraPLOT Q porous polymer coated open-tubular capillary column, J. Chromatogr., 1989, 481, 45-54, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)96751-2 . [all data]

Zenkevich, 1999
Zenkevich, I.G., New Application of the Retention Index Concept in Gas and High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Fresenius' J. Anal. Chem., 1999, 365, 4, 305-309, https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160051491 . [all data]

Zenkevich, 1997
Zenkevich, I.G., Influence of the Variations of Dynamics Molecular Parameterts on the Additivity of Chromatigraphic Retention Indices of Products of Organic Reactions Relative to Initial Reagents, Dokl. Akad. Nauk (Rus.), 1997, 353, 5, 625-627. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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