Acetonitrile

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

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WEVYAHXRMPXWCK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-05-8
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• Other names: Cyanomethane; Ethanenitrile; Ethyl nitrile; Methane, cyano-; Methanecarbonitrile; Methyl cyanide; CH3CN; Acetonitril; Cyanure de methyl; USAF EK-488; Methylkyanid; NA 1648; NCI-C60822; Rcra waste number U003; UN 1648; Ethanonitrile
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Reactions 151 to 188

C₇H₃NO₅W (cr) +  (g) =  (g) +  (g)

By formula: C₇H₃NO₅W (cr) + CO (g) = C₆O₆W (g) + C₂H₃N (g)

C₆H₄NO₃^- +  = (C₆H₄NO₃^- • )

By formula: C₆H₄NO₃^- + C₂H₃N = (C₆H₄NO₃^- • C₂H₃N)

C₁₇H₂₄F₃N₃O₃RuS (solution) +  (solution) = C₂₃H₂₅F₃O₃RuS (solution) + 3 (solution)

By formula: C₁₇H₂₄F₃N₃O₃RuS (solution) + C₁₂H₁₀ (solution) = C₂₃H₂₅F₃O₃RuS (solution) + 3C₂H₃N (solution)

C₄H₂O₃^- +  = (C₄H₂O₃^- • )

By formula: C₄H₂O₃^- + C₂H₃N = (C₄H₂O₃^- • C₂H₃N)

C₆H₄NO₃^- +  = (C₆H₄NO₃^- • )

By formula: C₆H₄NO₃^- + C₂H₃N = (C₆H₄NO₃^- • C₂H₃N)

C₁₂H₁₆CrO₅ (solution) +  (solution) = C₈H₆CrNO₅ (solution) +  (solution)

By formula: C₁₂H₁₆CrO₅ (solution) + C₂H₃N (solution) = C₈H₆CrNO₅ (solution) + C₇H₁₆ (solution)

( • 11) +  = ( • 12)

By formula: (Cl^- • 11C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cl^- • 12C₂H₃N)

( • 13) +  = ( • 14)

By formula: (Cl^- • 13C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cl^- • 14C₂H₃N)

( • 13) +  = ( • 14)

By formula: (I^- • 13C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 14C₂H₃N)

( • 10) +  = ( • 11)

By formula: (Cl^- • 10C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cl^- • 11C₂H₃N)

( • 12) +  = ( • 13)

By formula: (Cl^- • 12C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cl^- • 13C₂H₃N)

( • 10) +  = ( • 11)

By formula: (I^- • 10C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 11C₂H₃N)

( • 11) +  = ( • 12)

By formula: (I^- • 11C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 12C₂H₃N)

( • 10) +  = ( • 11)

By formula: (Br^- • 10C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 11C₂H₃N)

( • 11) +  = ( • 12)

By formula: (Br^- • 11C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 12C₂H₃N)

( • 12) +  = ( • 13)

By formula: (Br^- • 12C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 13C₂H₃N)

( • 13) +  = ( • 14)

By formula: (Br^- • 13C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 14C₂H₃N)

( • 9) +  = ( • 10)

By formula: (Cl^- • 9C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cl^- • 10C₂H₃N)

( • 5) +  = ( • 6)

By formula: (I^- • 5C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 6C₂H₃N)

( • 9) +  = ( • 10)

By formula: (I^- • 9C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 10C₂H₃N)

( • 9) +  = ( • 10)

By formula: (Br^- • 9C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 10C₂H₃N)

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (Cl^- • 8C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cl^- • 9C₂H₃N)

( • 6) +  = ( • 7)

By formula: (I^- • 6C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 7C₂H₃N)

( • 7) +  = ( • 8)

By formula: (I^- • 7C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 8C₂H₃N)

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (I^- • 8C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (I^- • 9C₂H₃N)

( • 7) +  = ( • 8)

By formula: (Br^- • 7C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 8C₂H₃N)

( • 8) +  = ( • 9)

By formula: (Br^- • 8C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Br^- • 9C₂H₃N)

=

By formula: C₂H₃N = C₂H₃N

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cu⁺ + C₂H₃N = (Cu⁺ • C₂H₃N)

2 = 3-iminobutyronitrile

By formula: 2C₂H₃N = 3-iminobutyronitrile

C₉H₉MoN₃O₃ (cr) = 3 (g) +  (cr) + 3 (g)

By formula: C₉H₉MoN₃O₃ (cr) = 3CO (g) + Mo (cr) + 3C₂H₃N (g)

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (Cu⁺ • 2C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cu⁺ • 3C₂H₃N)

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (Cu⁺ • 3C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cu⁺ • 4C₂H₃N)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (Cu⁺ • 4C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cu⁺ • 5C₂H₃N)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Cu⁺ • C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Cu⁺ • 2C₂H₃N)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Ag⁺ • C₂H₃N) + C₂H₃N = (Ag⁺ • 2C₂H₃N)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Ag⁺ + C₂H₃N = (Ag⁺ • C₂H₃N)

References

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Bleijerveld and Vrieze, 1976
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Chowdhury, Grimsrud, et al., 1987
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Nolan, Martin, et al., 1992
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Yang, Peters, et al., 1986
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Markovich, Perera, et al., 1996
Markovich, G.; Perera, L.; Berkowitz, M.L.; Cheshnovsky, O., The Solvation of Cl-, Br-, and I- in Acetonitrile Cluster: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations., J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 105, 7, 2675, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.472131 . [all data]

Baghal-Vayjooee, Collister, et al., 1977
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Vitale, 2001
Vitale, G., Solvation of Copper Ions by Acetonitrile. Structures and Sequential Binding Energies of Cu+(CH3CN)x, x=1-5 From Collision-Induced Dissociation and Theoretical Studies, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 50, 11351, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0132432 . [all data]

Renner and Blander, 1977
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Adedeji, Connor, et al., 1978
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Shoieb, Aribi, et al., 2001
Shoieb, T.; Aribi, H.; Siu, K.W.M.; Hopkinson, A.C., A Study of Silver(I) Ion-Organometallic Complexes: Ion Structures, Binding Energies, and Substituent Effects, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 4, 710, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp002676m . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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