Hexadecanenitrile

• Formula: C₁₆H₃₁N
• Molecular weight: 237.4240
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H31N/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h2-15H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WGXGAUQEMYSVJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-79-8
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• Other names: Palmitonitrile; Palmitic acid, nitrile; 1-Cyanopentadecane
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References

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Knight and Zook, 1952
Knight, J.A.; Zook, H.D., Reduction of Aliphatic Nitriles by the Stephen Reaction., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 4560. [all data]

Whitmore, Schiessler, et al., 1946
Whitmore, F.C.; Schiessler, R.W.; Rowland, C.S.; Cosby, J.N., Higher hydrocarbons. IV. Six Phenyleicosanes and six cyclohexyleicosanes. Cyclohexyleicosanes., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 69, 235. [all data]

Hoffman, Hoerr, et al., 1945
Hoffman, E.J.; Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., The Binary System Stearonitrile-Palmitonitrile., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 1542. [all data]

Dorinson and Ralston, 1944
Dorinson, A.; Ralston, A.W., Refractive Indices of the Normal Saturated Aliphatic Nitriles. ammonia, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 361. [all data]

Drozdov and Bekhli, 1944
Drozdov, N.S.; Bekhli, A.F., Reaction of Imino Esters With Some Primary-Tertiary Hydroxy Diamines., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1944, 14, 480. [all data]

Hoerr, Binkerd, et al., 1944
Hoerr, C.W.; Binkerd, E.F.; Pool, W.O.; Ralston, A.W., Solubilities of High-Molecular-Weight Normal Aliphatic Nitriles., J. Org. Chem., 1944, 9, 68-80. [all data]

Whitmore, Sutherland, et al., 1942
Whitmore, F.C.; Sutherland, L.H.; Cosby, J.N., Higher Hydrocarbons. I. Seven Alkyl Substituted Docosanes., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1360. [all data]

Hell and Jordanoff, 1891
Hell, C.; Jordanoff, C., Chem. Ber., 1891, 24, 987. [all data]

Krafft and Moye, 1889
Krafft; Moye, Chem. Ber., 1889, 22, 811. [all data]

Krafft and Stauffer, 1882
Krafft, F.; Stauffer, B., The nitriles c(n)h(2n+2)cn of the higher fatty acids, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1882, 15, 1728-31. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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