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Benzyl cyanide

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Benzyl nitrile, Phenylacetonitrile

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2CN
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
117.15
Beilstein:
385941
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

vapor pressure

0.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

refractive index

n20/D 1.520-1.526
n20/D 1.523 (lit.)

bp

233-234 °C (lit.)

mp

−24 °C (lit.)

density

1.015 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

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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General description

Benzyl cyanide, an aromatic nitrile compound, is widely used as a starting material and as a chemical intermediate in organic chemistry and pharmaceutical applications.

Application

Benzyl cyanide may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in fruit samples, frescoes, and desert locusts by gas chromatography (GC) based techniques.

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

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

Storage Class Code

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

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

215.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

102 °C - closed cup


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R Kermanshai et al.
Phytochemistry, 57(3), 427-435 (2001-06-08)
Papaya (Carica papaya) seeds were extracted in an aqueous buffer or in organic solvents, fractionated by chromatography on silica and aliquots tested for anthelmintic activity by viability assays using Caenorhabditis elegans. For all preparations and fractions tested, anthelmintic activity and
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Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens (2011)
Characterization and medicinal importance of phytoconstituents of C. papaya from down south Indian region using gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy
Upgade A and Bhaskar A
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 6(4), 101-106 (2013)
Ilaria Bonaduce et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 17(22), 2523-2527 (2003-11-11)
The paper deals with the application of two analytical procedures, based respectively on on-line pyrolysis in the presence of hexamethyldisilazane followed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometric analysis (Py/GC/MS) and on selective extractions and microwave-assisted hydrolysis followed by GC/MS determination. These procedures
Analysis of release and role of benzyl cyanide in male desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria
Seidelmann K, et al.
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26(8), 1897-1910 (2000)

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