Ethyl isocyanide

• Formula: C₃H₅N
• Molecular weight: 55.0785
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H5N/c1-3-4-2/h3H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BPCWCZCOOFUXGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 624-79-3
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Ethyl carbylamine; Ethane, isocyano-; Isocyanoethane; C2H5NC; Carbylamine, ethyl-; Ethylisokyanid; Ethylkarbylamin; Ethyl isonitrile
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C₃H₅N⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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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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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Chess, Lapp, et al., 1982
Chess, E.K.; Lapp, R.L.; Gross, M.L., The question of tautomerism of alkylnitrile and isonitrile radical cations, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1982, 17, 475. [all data]

Heerma and deRidder, 1970
Heerma, W.; deRidder, J.J., The electron-impact induced fragmentation of some alkyl isocyanides and alpha-branched alkyl cyanides, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1970, 3, 1439. [all data]

Gillis and Occolowitz, 1963
Gillis, R.G.; Occolowitz, J.L., Isocyanides. III. Electron impact study of aliphatic isocyanides, J. Org. Chem., 1963, 28, 2924. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy

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