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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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.

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Wisniak and Tamir, 1989
Wisniak, J.; Tamir, A., Vapor-Liquid Equilibria at 769 mmHg in the Systems Acetonitrile-Methyl Methacrylate, Acetonitrile-Vinyl Acetate, and Methyl Acetate-Vinyl Acetate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1989, 34, 402. [all data]

American Tokyo Kasei, 1988
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Surendranath, Ramanjaneyulu, et al., 1988
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Majer and Svoboda, 1985
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Subba Rao, Rao, et al., 1979
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Sivarama Rao, Rao, et al., 1978
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Bagga, Katyal, et al., 1977
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Volpicelli, 1968
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Blackford and York, 1965
Blackford, D.S.; York, R., Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of the System Acrylonitrile-Acetonitrile-Water, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1965, 10, 313. [all data]

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Brown and Smith, 1960
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Maslan and Stoddard, 1956
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Brown and Smith, 1955
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Olin, 1945
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Louguinine, 1899
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Radice, 1899
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Notes

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