Propionitrile
ALDRICH/185590 - 99%
Synonym: Ethyl cyanide
CAS Number: 107-12-0
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C3H5N
Molecular Weight: 55.08
EC Number: 203-464-4
MDL Number: MFCD00001948
Linear Formula: CH3CH2CN
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | 99% |
| bp | 97 °C (lit.) |
| density | 0.772 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| form | liquid |
| functional group | nitrile |
| InChI | 1S/C3H5N/c1-2-3-4/h2H2,1H |
| InChI key | FVSKHRXBFJPNKK-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | −93 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| refractive index | n |
| SMILES string | CCC#N |
| solubility | alcohol: miscible |
| diethyl ether: miscible | |
| DMF: miscible | |
| water: soluble 11.9g/100g at 40 °C | |
| water: soluble 29g/100g at 100 °C |
| Application: | Propionitrile was used in mesoporous graphitic C3N4 catalyzed cyclotrimerisation of various nitriles into triazine derivatives. It was used in Raman spectroscopic study of complex formation between o-cresol and propionitrile. |
| General description: | Propionitrile is an experimental duodenal ulcerogen and was found to stimulate gastric acid secretion in the rat. |
| Packaging: | 5, 100, 500 mL in glass bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS02,GHS06 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H225 - H300 + H310 - H319 - H332 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P262 - P280 - P301 + P310 + P330 - P302 + P352 + P310 - P304 + P340 + P312 |
| Hazard Codes | F,T+ |
| Risk Statements | 11-20-25-27-36 |
| Safety Statements | 9-16-28-36/37-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 2404 6.1(3) / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | 42.8 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 6 °C - closed cup |
| Purity | 99% |
| bp | 97 °C (lit.) |
| mp | −93 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 0.772 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| Refractive Index | n |
| UNSPSC | 12352100 |



