Aminoacetonitrile

Aminoacetonitrile
Skeletal formula of aminoacetonitrile with an implicit carbon shown
Skeletal formula of aminoacetonitrile with an implicit carbon shown
Stereo, skeletal formula of aminoacetonitrile with all implicit carbons shown, and all explicit hydrogens added
Stereo, skeletal formula of aminoacetonitrile with all implicit carbons shown, and all explicit hydrogens added
Ball and stick model of aminoacetonitrile
Ball and stick model of aminoacetonitrile
Spacefill model of aminoacetonitrile
Spacefill model of aminoacetonitrile
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Aminoacetonitrile[1]
Other names
  • Glycinonitrile[1]
  • 2-Aminoacetonitrile
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 208-751-8
MeSH Aminoacetonitrile
RTECS number
  • AL7750000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2H4N2/c3-1-2-4/h1,3H2 checkY
    Key: DFNYGALUNNFWKJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • NCC#N
Properties
NH2CH2CN
Molar mass 56.068 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Boiling point 15 °C (59 °F; 288 K) at 15 mm/Hg
Acidity (pKa) 5.34 (conjugate acid; H2O)[2]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark GHS08: Health hazard
Warning
H302, H312, H332, H351
P280
Related compounds
Related alkanenitriles
Related compounds
DBNPA
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Aminoacetonitrile is the organic compound with the formula H2N−CH2−C≡N. The compound is a colorless liquid. It is unstable at room temperature, owing to the incompatibility of the amine nucleophile and the nitrile electrophile. For this reason it is usually encountered as the chloride and bisulfate salts of the ammonium derivative, i.e., [NCCH2NH3]+Cl and [NCCH2NH3]+HSO4.[3]

  1. ^ a b International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 902−903. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ Haynes, William M., ed. (2016). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (97th ed.). CRC Press. pp. 5–88. ISBN 978-1498754286.
  3. ^ Tauber, Johannes; Opatz, Till (2015). "2-Aminoacetonitrile". E-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis: 1–4. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rn01752. ISBN 9780470842898.