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Sigma-Aldrich

Benzyl cyanide

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Phenylacetonitrile

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2CN
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
117.15
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385941
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:

vapor pressure

0.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99%

refractive index

n20/D 1.523 (lit.)

bp

233-234 °C (lit.)

mp

−24 °C (lit.)

density

1.015 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

N#CCc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2

InChI key

SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

215.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

102 °C - closed cup

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P A Vivekanand et al.
Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 18(5), 1241-1248 (2011-03-08)
In the current study, kinetics of synthesis of 2-phenylvaleronitrile (PVN) was successfully carried out by selective C-alkylation of benzyl cyanide (BC) with n-bromopropane (BP) using aqueous KOH and catalyzed by TBAB under ultrasonic (300W) assisted organic solvent-free conditions. Selective monoalkylation
Martinus E Huigens et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(3), 820-825 (2009-01-14)
Many insects possess a sexual communication system that is vulnerable to chemical espionage by parasitic wasps. We recently discovered that a hitch-hiking (H) egg parasitoid exploits the antiaphrodisiac pheromone benzyl cyanide (BC) of the Large Cabbage White butterfly Pieris brassicae.
José Luis García Ruano et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 16(21), 6317-6325 (2010-04-23)
Enantiomerically enriched alpha,alpha-disubstituted phenylacetonitriles have been readily prepared by stereoselective quaternization of 2-alkyl-2-[2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)phenyl]acetonitriles with different alkylating electrophiles in the presence of bases. The use of potassium hexamethyldisilazane (KHMDS)/[18]crown-6 ether and NHMDS with alkyl halides afforded S,S(S) and R,S(S) diastereoisomers, respectively
José Luis García Ruano et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 72(16), 5994-6005 (2007-07-17)
Enantiomerically pure alpha-substituted alpha-amino phenylacetonitriles have been readily prepared from 2-p-tolylsulfinylbenzaldimines following a two-step sequence: a moderately stereoselective hydrocyanation of the imines and a completely stereoselective quaternization of the resulting diastereoisomeric mixture of alpha-amino phenylacetonitriles with different alkylating or acylating
Hui-Lei Hou et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(5), 2553-2558 (2012-02-10)
Aerobic oxidations of dianionic C(60) were examined in PhCN and PhCH(2)CN, where dioxygen was activated to O(2)(•-) via the single-electron transfer from C(60)(2-) and underwent oxygenation and dehydrogenation reactions, respectively. Addition of PhCH(2)Br led to further benzylation for the oxygenated

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