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Benzyl cyanide

analytical standard

• Synonym(s): Benzyl nitrile, Phenylacetonitrile
• Linear Formula: C₆H₅CH₂CN
• CAS Number: 140-29-4
• Molecular Weight: 117.15
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 385941
• EC Number: 205-410-5
• MDL number: MFCD00001894
• UNSPSC Code: 85151701
• PubChem Substance ID: 329749769
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: analytical standard
• Quality Level: 100
• 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

Description

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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Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS06
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H301 + H311,H330
• pcodes: P260 - P264 - P271 - P280 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P310
• 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