Acetonitrile, (dimethylamino)-

• Formula: C₄H₈N₂
• Molecular weight: 84.1197
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8N2/c1-6(2)4-3-5/h4H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PLXBWEPPAAQASG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 926-64-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: (Dimethylamino)acetonitrile; N-(Cyanomethyl)dimethylamine; (CH3)2NCH2CN; Glycinonitrile, N,N-dimethyl-; 2-Dimethylaminoacetonitrile; UN 2378
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

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
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Welle, Verevkin, et al., 1997
Welle, F.M.; Verevkin, S.P.; Beckhaus, H.-D.; Ruchardt, C., Stabilization of the cyano(dimethylamino)methyl radical - synergistic effect due to interaction between α-cyano groups on the radical stabilization energy, Liebigs Ann., 1997, 155-163. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

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]

Molder, Pikver, et al., 1983
Molder, U.H.; Pikver, R.J.; Koppel, I.A., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. 3. Nitriles, Org. React. Tartu, 1983, 20, 230. [all data]

Loguinov, Takhistov, et al., 1981
Loguinov, Y.; Takhistov, V.V.; Vatlina, L.P., Photoionization studies of substituted trimethylamines, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1981, 16, 239. [all data]

Akopyan and Loginov, 1974
Akopyan, M.E.; Loginov, Yu.V., Photoelectron spectra of trimethylamine derivatives, Opt. Spectrosc., 1974, 37, 250, In original 442. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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