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
• Chemical structure:
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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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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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