Acetone cyanohydrin

• Formula: C₄H₇NO
• Molecular weight: 85.1045
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H7NO/c1-4(2,6)3-5/h6H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MWFMGBPGAXYFAR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-86-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: α-Hydroxyisobutyronitrile; Propanenitrile, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-; Lactonitrile, 2-methyl-; 2-Cyano-2-propanol; 2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropionitrile; 2-Hydroxyisobutyronitrile; 2-Methyllactonitrile; 2-Propanone, cyanohydrin; 2-Cyanopropan-2-ol; Acetoncianhidrinei; Acetoncianidrina; Acetoncyaanhydrine; Acetoncyanhydrin; Acetone cyanhydrin; Acetonecyanhydrine; Acetonkyanhydrin; Cyanhydrine d'acetone; USAF RH-8; 2-Cyano-2-hydroxypropane; Rcra waste number P069; UN 1541; 2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile; NSC 131093
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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

References

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Gubareva, Igolinskaya, et al., 1987
Gubareva, A.I.; Igolinskaya, M.A.; Beregovykh, V.V.; Gerasimov, P.A., Study of the transport and energetic properties of acetone cyanohydrin (2-hydroxyisobutyronitrile), J. Appl. Chem. USSR, 1987, 60, 668-670. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions

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