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Benzoyl cyanide

98%

Synonym(s):

Phenylglyoxylonitrile

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Linear Formula:
C6H5COCN
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
131.13
Beilstein:
1072101
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

form

solid

bp

206 °C (lit.)

mp

28-31 °C (lit.)

density

1.106 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

O=C(C#N)c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C8H5NO/c9-6-8(10)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H

InChI key

GJQBHOAJJGIPRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Benzoyl cyanide is used to study the mechanism of reduction of benzoyl cyanide in acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide and acetonitrile. It undergoes hydrolysis by Rhodococcus sp. CCZU10-1 to form benzoylformic acid.

Application

Reagent for selective acylation of amino compounds.

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Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

183.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

84 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Translation termination in eukaryotes is mediated by release factors: eRF1, which is responsible for stop codon recognition and peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis, and GTPase eRF3, which stimulates peptide release. Here, we have utilized ribose-specific probes to investigate accessibility of rRNA backbone in
Yi Xu et al.
Journal of virology, 92(11) (2018-03-09)
Translational readthrough of the stop codon of the capsid protein (CP) open reading frame (ORF) is used by members of the Luteoviridae to produce their minor capsid protein as a readthrough protein (RTP). The elements regulating RTP expression are not
Weisi Xiong et al.
Biotechnology letters, 37(8), 1703-1709 (2015-04-22)
To develop a biphasic system for use in plant tissue-mediated biotransformations to overcome the low water solubilities of substrates and inhibitory effects of products. Commonly-used organic solvents and ionic liquid were assayed using the biphasic system to reduce water-insoluble benzoyl
Boris Zinshteyn et al.
Nucleic acids research, 47(1), 43-55 (2018-11-27)
Chemical probing methods are crucial to our understanding of the structure and function of RNA molecules. The majority of chemical methods used to probe RNA structure report on Watson-Crick pairing, but tertiary structure parameters such as solvent accessibility can provide

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