Benzyl nitrile

• Formula: C₈H₇N
• Molecular weight: 117.1479
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 140-29-4
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• Other names: Benzyl cyanide; Benzeneacetonitrile; Acetonitrile, phenyl-; α-Cyanotoluene; α-Tolunitrile; ω-Cyanotoluene; Phenylacetonitrile; 2-Phenylacetonitrile; Toluene, α-cyano-; USAF KF-21; (Cyanomethyl)benzene; Phenyl acetyl nitrile; UN 2470; Phenacetonitrile; 2-Phenylethanenitrile; NSC 118418
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

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.

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]

Wright, 1961
Wright, F.J., Influence of temperature on viscosity of nonassociated liquids, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 454. [all data]

Wright, 1960
Wright, F.J., Latent Heat of Vaporization and Composition, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1960, 79, 784-9. [all data]

Gjaldbaek and Andersen, 1954
Gjaldbaek, J. Chr.; Andersen, E.K., The Solubility of Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen in Polar Solvents, Acta Chem. Scand., 1954, 8, 1398. [all data]

Grimm and Patrick, 1923
Grimm, F.V.; Patrick, W.A., The Dielectric Constastants of Organic Liquids at the Boilin Point, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1923, 45, 2794. [all data]

Falk, 1909
Falk, K.G., The Change in Refractive Index with Temperature II., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1909, 31, 806-20. [all data]

Perkin, 1896
Perkin, W.H., LXIX. On Magnetic Rotatory Power, especially of Aromatic Compounds, J. Chem. Soc., 1896, 69, 1025-1257. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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