Sample amorphous CH3CH2CH2CN ice deposition at 10 K
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Material amorphous CH3CH2CH2CN ice
Constituent amorphous CH3CH2CH2CN ice Molecule NameButyronitrile Name and identifiers IUPAC nameButanenitrile Secondary names 1-Cyanopropane, Propyl cyanide, n-Butyronitrile, Butyrylonitrile, Butyric acid nitrile, CH3CH2CH2CN, C3H7CN InChIInChI=1S/C4H7N/c1-2-3-4-5/h2-3H2,1H3 InChI keyKVNRLNFWIYMESJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N CAS number109-74-0 Commentsnatural CH3CH2CH2CN Structure and atomic composition
Formula$CH_3CH_2CH_2CN$ Chemical formulaCH3(CH2)2CN Structural formula[CH3][CH2][CH2]C#N Charge0 Unpaired electrons0 Atoms
| Atom | Name | Number | | $C$ | Carbon | 4 |
| $H$ | Hydrogen | 7 |
| $N$ | Nitrogen | 1 |
Stereoisomers Relations
Isotopic composition Isotope mixture typeterrestrial abundance Nuclear spin isomers Spin typeequilibrated Properties Molar mass69.107 $g/mol$ State STPliquid State NTPliquid Proticprotic Polaritypolar Dipole3.5 $D$ Fundamental vibration modes Molecule symmetryCs Casenonlinear-polyatomic Vibrations number30 Chemical functions and bonds Chemical functions
| Function | Number | | $R-CH_3$ | 1 |
| $R-CH_2-R$ | 2 |
| $R-C \equiv N$ | 1 |
Chemical bonds
| Bond | Number | | $\geq C-H$ | 7 |
| $\geq C-C \leq$ | 2 |
| $\equiv C-C\leq$ | 1 |
| $-C\equiv N$ | 1 |
Links
- Wikipedia: Butyronitrile
- PubChem: Butyronitrile
- NIST Chemistry Webbook: Butanenitrile