(E)-cinnamonitrile
Sign in to save'(E)-Cinnamonitrile' is an organic compound approved for use as a fragrance in products such as air fresheners. It has a spicy cinnamon/cassia aroma.
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- Mass
- 129.058
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- melting point
- 19.0
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C=CC#N
- chemical formula
- C₉H₇N
- isomeric SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)/C=C/C#N
- Commons category
- Cinnamonitrile
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'(E)-Cinnamonitrile' is an organic compound approved for use as a fragrance in products such as air fresheners. It has a spicy cinnamon/cassia aroma.
Synthetic routes include an aldol-like condensation of benzaldehyde with acetonitrile under alkaline conditions, an elimination reaction of various oximes derived from cinnamaldehyde, and oxidative coupling of benzene to acrylonitrile.
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