CHEBI:38472 - acetonitrile

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ChEBI Name acetonitrile
ChEBI ID CHEBI:38472
Definition A nitrile that is hydrogen cyanide in which the hydrogen has been replaced by a methyl group.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:41432, CHEBI:22185, CHEBI:30972
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Formula C2H3N
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 41.05196
Monoisotopic Mass 41.02655
InChI InChI=1S/C2H3N/c1-2-3/h1H3
InChIKey WEVYAHXRMPXWCK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC#N
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): NMR chemical shift reference compound
Any compound that produces a peak used to reference an NMR spectrum during data pre-processing.
polar aprotic solvent
A solvent with a comparatively high relative permittivity (or dielectric constant), greater than ca. 15, and a sizable permanent dipole moment, that cannot donate suitably labile hydrogen atoms to form strong hydrogen bonds.
Biological Role(s): EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor
An EC 3.5.1.* (non-peptide linear amide C-N hydrolase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of amidase (EC 3.5.1.4).
Application(s): NMR chemical shift reference compound
Any compound that produces a peak used to reference an NMR spectrum during data pre-processing.
polar aprotic solvent
A solvent with a comparatively high relative permittivity (or dielectric constant), greater than ca. 15, and a sizable permanent dipole moment, that cannot donate suitably labile hydrogen atoms to form strong hydrogen bonds.
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Outgoing acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472) has role EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor (CHEBI:77941)
acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472) has role NMR chemical shift reference compound (CHEBI:228364)
acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472) has role polar aprotic solvent (CHEBI:48358)
acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472) is a aliphatic nitrile (CHEBI:80291)
acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472) is a volatile organic compound (CHEBI:134179)
Incoming (2-methylphenyl)acetonitrile (CHEBI:27982) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
(hydroxyimino)(phenyl)acetonitrile (CHEBI:38842) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
2-thienylacetonitrile (CHEBI:27382) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
3-phenylpropionitrile (CHEBI:85426) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
4-chlorophenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:17346) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
[5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-benzofuran-7-yl]acetonitrile (CHEBI:39686) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
acetonitrile oxide (CHEBI:47841) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
acetonitrile sulfide (CHEBI:47842) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
iminodiacetonitrile (CHEBI:71189) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
indole-3-acetonitrile (CHEBI:17566) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979) has functional parent acetonitrile (CHEBI:38472)
IUPAC Name
acetonitrile
Synonyms Sources
ACETONITRILE PDBeChem
CH3‒C≡N IUPAC
cyanomethane NIST Chemistry WebBook
ethanenitrile NIST Chemistry WebBook
MeCN IUPAC
methyl cyanide IUPAC
NCMe ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
1349 PPDB
Acetonitrile Wikipedia
CCN PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
741857 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
741857 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
75-05-8 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
75-05-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
895 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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09 January 2024