Hexanenitrile

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Structural formula
Structural formula of hexanenitrile
General
Surname Hexanenitrile
other names
  • Capronitrile
  • Amyl cyanide
Molecular formula C 6 H 11 N
Brief description

colorless liquid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 628-73-9
EC number 211-052-0
ECHA InfoCard 100.010.048
PubChem 12352
ChemSpider 11846
Wikidata Q27288465
properties
Molar mass 97.16 g mol −1
Physical state

liquid

density

0.81 g cm −3

Melting point

−80 ° C

boiling point

164 ° C

solubility
Refractive index

1.406 (20 ° C)

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
02 - Highly / extremely flammable 07 - Warning

Caution

H and P phrases H: 226-302-315-319-335
P: 261-305 + 351 + 338
Toxicological data

463 mg kg −1 ( LD 50mouseoral )

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

Hexanenitrile is a chemical compound from the group of nitriles .

Occurrence

Hexanenitrile has been detected in tobacco smoke .

Extraction and presentation

Hexanenitrile can be obtained by reacting 1-chloropentane or 1-bromopentane with sodium cyanide , although other synthetic routes are also known.

properties

Hexanenitrile is a colorless liquid that is practically insoluble in water.

safety instructions

The vapors of hexanenitrile can form an explosive mixture with air ( flash point 43 ° C).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j Entry on hexanenitrile in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on January 1, 2019(JavaScript required) .
  2. a b c d Datasheet Hexanenitrile, 98% from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on January 1, 2019 ( PDF ).
  3. David R. Lide: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics A Ready-reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data . CRC Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-8493-0595-5 , pp. 308 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. Alan Rodgman, Thomas A. Perfetti: The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke, Second Edition . CRC Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4665-1548-2 , pp. 1886 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. Michael B. Smith: Organic Synthesis . Academic Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-12-800807-2 , pp. 548 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. J. Org. Chem., 1960, 25 (2), pp. 257-258
  7. ^ Alan R. Katritzky, Steven V. Ley, Otto Meth-Cohn, Charles Wayne Rees: Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations: Synthesis: carbon with one heteroatom attached by a single bond . Elsevier, 1995, ISBN 978-0-08-042323-4 , pp. 1057 ( limited preview in Google Book search).