Methyl isocyanide

• Formula: C₂H₃N
• Molecular weight: 41.0519
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3N/c1-3-2/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZRKSVHFXTRFQFL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 593-75-9
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Methane, isocyano-; Isocyanomethane; Methyl isonitrile; CH3NC
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₂H₂N^- +  =

By formula: C₂H₂N^- + H⁺ = C₂H₃N

=

By formula: C₂H₃N = C₂H₃N

Gas Chromatography

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

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References

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Baghal-Vayjooee, Collister, et al., 1977
Baghal-Vayjooee, M.H.; Collister, J.L.; Pritchard, H.O., The enthalpy of isomerisation of methyl isocyanide, Can. J. Chem., 1977, 55, 2634-2636. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Lemoult, 1906
Lemoult, P., Carbylamines et nitriles., Compt. Rend., 1906, 143, 902-904. [all data]

Matimba, Crabbendam, et al., 1992
Matimba, H.E.K.; Crabbendam, A.M.; Ingemann, S.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Gas-phase Bimolecular Chemistry of the .-CHNC and .-CHCN Radical Anions, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1992, 114, 1-2, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(92)85024-T . [all data]

Filley, DePuy, et al., 1987
Filley, J.; DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M., Gas-Phase Negative Ion Chemistry of Methyl Isocyanide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 20, 5992, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00254a017 . [all data]

Duque, Bonilla, et al., 2001
Duque, C.; Bonilla, A.; Bautista, E.; Zea, S., Exudation of low molecular wight compounds (thiobismethane, methyl isocyanide, amd methyl isothiocyanate) as a possible chemical defense mechanism in the marine sponge Ircinia felix, Biochem. Systematics Ecol., 2001, 29, 5, 459-467, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(00)00081-8 . [all data]

Johanningsmeier and McFeeters, 2011
Johanningsmeier, S.D.; McFeeters, R.F., Detection of volatile spoilage metabolites in fermented cucumbers using nontargeted, comprehensive 2-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGCxTOFMS), J. Food Sci., 2011, 76, 1, c168-c177, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01918.x . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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