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Benzyl cyanide

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Benzyl nitrile, Phenylacetonitrile

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2CN
CAS Number:
140-29-4
Molecular Weight:
117.15
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329749769
EC Number:
205-410-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385941
MDL number:
MFCD00001894

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Product Name

Benzyl cyanide, analytical standard

InChI key

SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

N#CCc1ccccc1

grade

analytical standard

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

Quality Level

100

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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.

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.

Other Notes

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pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

signalword

Danger

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

WGK 2

flash_point_f

215.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

102 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

易制毒化学品（3类）
危险化学品
非剧毒-急性毒性1
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Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens (2011)
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
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)
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
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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