Butanenitrile, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₉N
• Molecular weight: 83.1317
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H9N/c1-3-5(2)4-6/h5H,3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RCEJCSULJQNRQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 18936-17-9
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• Other names: 2-Cyanobutane; 2-Methylbutanenitrile; Butyronitrile, 2-methyl-; 2-Methylbutyronitrile; α-Methylbutyronitrile; 2-Methylbutylnitrile
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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]

Walborsky and Hornyak, 1956
Walborsky, H.M.; Hornyak, F.M., Cyclopropanes. III. Rate of racemization of 2,2-diphenylcyclopropyl cyanide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 872. [all data]

Arthur, England, et al., 1954
Arthur, P.; England, D.C.; Pratt, B.C.; Whitman, G.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 5364. [all data]

Lewis and Susi, 1952
Lewis, R.N.; Susi, P.V., Synthesis of nitriles in ethylene glycol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 840. [all data]

Kenyon and Ross, 1951
Kenyon, J.; Ross, W.A., J. Chem. Soc., 1951, 1951, 3407. [all data]

Stevens and Coffield, 1951
Stevens, C.L.; Coffield, T.H., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 103. [all data]

De Hoffmann and Barbier, 1936
De Hoffmann, C.; Barbier, E., Synthesis and refractometric study of saturated alpha-methylnitriles, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1936, 45, 565-83. [all data]

Levene, Rothen, et al., 1936
Levene, P.A.; Rothen, A.; Marker, R.E.; Kuna, M., Optical Rotation and Rotatory Dispersion in Homologous Series of Aliphatic Nitriles, J. Biol. Chem., 1936, 115, 253. [all data]

Kenyon, Phillips, et al., 1935
Kenyon, J.; Phillips, H.; Pittman, V.P., J. Chem. Soc., 1935, 1935, 1080. [all data]

Hanriot and Bouveault, 1889
Hanriot; Bouveault, L., Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1889, 1, 170. [all data]

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