Crotonic acid nitrile

Structural formula
General
Surname	Crotonic acid nitrile
Molecular formula	C 4 H 5 N
Brief description	yellowish liquid
External identifiers / databases
EC number	225-335-1
ECHA InfoCard	100.023.032
PubChem	637921
Wikidata	Q2672058
properties
Molar mass	67.09 g mol −1
Physical state	liquid
density	0.82 g cm −3 (25 ° C)
Melting point	−50 ° C
boiling point	120-121 ° C
Vapor pressure	50 h Pa (30 ° C)
solubility	little in water (29 g l −1 at 20 ° C)
Refractive index	1.419 (20 ° C)
safety instructions
H and P phrases	H: 225-302-315-319-335
	P: 210-261-305 + 351 + 338
Thermodynamic properties
ΔH f 0	95.1 kJ / mol
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . Refractive index: Na-D line , 20 ° C

Crotonic acid nitrile is an unsaturated nitrile with a trans -substituted carbon-carbon double bond. The isomeric cis compound is of little importance. The compound is a yellowish liquid. Another isomeric compound is allyl cyanide .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Entry on crotonitrile in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on February 8, 2017(JavaScript required) .
↑ Data sheet Crotononitrile, mixture of cis and trans from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on June 3, 2011 ( PDF ).
↑ David R. Lide (Ed.): CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 90th edition. (Internet version: 2010), CRC Press / Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, Standard Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Substances, pp. 5-25.

[GESTIS-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Entry on crotonitrile in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on February 8, 2017(JavaScript required) .

[Sigma-2] Data sheet Crotononitrile, mixture of cis and trans from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on June 3, 2011 ( PDF ).

[CRC90_5_25-3] David R. Lide (Ed.): CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 90th edition. (Internet version: 2010), CRC Press / Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, Standard Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Substances, pp. 5-25.