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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Ott, Woodfield, et al., 1987
Ott, J.B.; Woodfield, B.F.; Guanquan, C.; Boerio-Goates, J.; Goates, J.R., (Solid + Liquid) Phase Equilibriain Acetonitrile + Tetrachloromethane, + Trichloromethane, + Trichlorofluoromethane, and + 1,1,1-Trichlorotrifluoromethane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 177. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Martin, 1982
Martin, C.A., Specific heat anomalies in some organic compounds in Therm. Anal., Proc. Int. Conf., 7th, 2, 1982. [all data]

Anonymous, 1953
Anonymous, R., , Physical Properties of Chemical Substances, Dow Chemical Company, 1953. [all data]

Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A., Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2875-8. [all data]

Van de Vloed, 1939
Van de Vloed, A., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1939, 48, 229. [all data]

Ewert, 1937
Ewert, M., Theory of Concentrated Solutions. Freezing of Aqueous Solutions of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1937, 46, 90. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [all data]

Joukovsky, 1934
Joukovsky, N.I., Experimental Study of the Theory of Concentrated Solutions. XI. Thermodynamic Properties of Concentrated Solutions of Aliphatic Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1934, 43, 397. [all data]

Lowry and Henderson, 1932
Lowry, T.M.; Henderson, S.T., Molecular Structure and Physical Properties of Prussic Acid. I. Refractive Dispersion of Prussic Acid and Its Homologs., Proc. R. Soc. London, A, 1932, 136, 471. [all data]

Timmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1930
Timmermans, J.; Hennaut-Roland, M., The Work of the International Bureau of Physical-Chemical Standards IV Study of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1930, 27, 401-38. [all data]

Timmermans, 1912
Timmermans, J., Experimental Research on the Density of Liquids Below 0 Degrees., Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1912, 13, 310. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [all data]

Timmermans, 1907
Timmermans, J., New research on the density of liquids below zero, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1907, 21, 395. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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