CHEBI:25979 - phenylacetonitrile

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ChEBI Name phenylacetonitrile
ChEBI ID CHEBI:25979
Definition A nitrile that is acetonitrile where one of the methyl hydrogens is substituted by a phenyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
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Formula C8H7N
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 117.14792
Monoisotopic Mass 117.05785
InChI InChI=1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2
InChIKey SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES N#CCc1ccccc1
Metabolite of Species Details
Schistocerca gregaria (NCBI:txid7010) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): pheromone
A semiochemical used in olfactory communication between organisms of the same species eliciting a change in sexual or social behaviour.
animal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in animals that include diverse creatures from sponges, insects to mammals.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979) has role animal metabolite (CHEBI:75767)
phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979) has role pheromone (CHEBI:26013)
phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979) is a benzenes (CHEBI:22712)
phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979) is a nitrile (CHEBI:18379)
Incoming 2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:77398) has functional parent phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979)
SureCN668028 (CHEBI:74932) has functional parent phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979)
IUPAC Name
phenylacetonitrile
Synonyms Sources
(cyanomethyl)benzene NIST Chemistry WebBook
2-phenylacetonitrile UM-BBD
α-cyanotoluene NIST Chemistry WebBook
α-tolunitrile NIST Chemistry WebBook
benzeneacetonitrile NIST Chemistry WebBook
Benzyl cyanide KEGG COMPOUND
benzyl cyanide ChemIDplus
benzyl nitrile NIST Chemistry WebBook
phenylacetonitrile UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00007674 KNApSAcK
c0647 UM-BBD
C16074 KEGG COMPOUND
DB04817 DrugBank
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
140-29-4 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
140-29-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
385941 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
385941 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
68893 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
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Last Modified
14 April 2015