Glutaronitrile

Glutaronitrile
Skeletal formula of glutoronitrile
Ball-and-stick model of the glutaronitrile molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Pentanedinitrile[1]
Other names
Dicyanopropane[citation needed]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1738385
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 208-861-6
RTECS number
  • YI3500000
UNII
UN number 2810
  • InChI=1S/C5H6N2/c6-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-3H2 checkY
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  • N#CCCCC#N
Properties
C5H6N2
Appearance Colourless liquid
Density 995 mg mL−1
Melting point −29.6 °C; −21.2 °F; 243.6 K
Boiling point 286.1 °C; 546.9 °F; 559.2 K
1.434
Thermochemistry
186.26 J K−1 mol−1
239.45 J K−1 mol−1
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS06: Toxic
Danger
H301, H312, H332
P280, P301+P310
Flash point 113 °C (235 °F; 386 K)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
266 mg kg−1 (oral, mouse)
Related compounds
Related alkanenitriles
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Glutaronitrile, also pentanedinitrile, is a nitrile, with formula C3H6(CN)2.

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 900. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.