CHEBI:77398 - 2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile

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ChEBI Name 2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile
ChEBI ID CHEBI:77398
Definition A nitrile that is phenylacetonitrile in which one of the α-hydrogens is replaced by an amino group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Carine Vaxelaire
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Formula C8H8N2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 132.16250
Monoisotopic Mass 132.06875
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8N2/c9-6-8(10)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,10H2
InChIKey JTIHSSVKTWPPHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NC(C#N)c1ccccc1
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:77398) has functional parent phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:25979)
2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:77398) is a nitrile (CHEBI:18379)
2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile (CHEBI:77398) is a primary amino compound (CHEBI:50994)
IUPAC Name
amino(phenyl)acetonitrile
Synonyms Sources
2-amino-2-phenylacetonitrile UniProt
α-aminophenylacetonitrile ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
636950 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Last Modified
22 June 2015