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Pivalonitrile
Sign in to savePivalonitrile is a nitrile with the semi-structural formula (CH3)3CCN, abbreviated t-BuCN. This aliphatic organic compound is a clear, colourless liquid that is used as a solvent and as a labile ligand in coordination chemistry. Pivalonitrile is isomeric with tert-butyl isocyanide but the two compounds do not exist in chemical equilibrium, unlike its silicon analog trimethylsilyl cyanide.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H9N
- Molecular weight
- 83.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,2-dimethylpropanenitrile
- SMILES
- CC(C)(C)C#N
- InChIKey
- JAMNHZBIQDNHMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.1
- Polar surface area
- 23.8 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 83.073
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- melting point
- 17.0
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)(C)C#N
- chemical formula
- C₅H₉N
- Commons category
- Pivalonitrile
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Pivalonitrile is a nitrile with the semi-structural formula (CH3)3CCN, abbreviated t-BuCN. This aliphatic organic compound is a clear, colourless liquid that is used as a solvent and as a labile ligand in coordination chemistry. Pivalonitrile is isomeric with tert-butyl isocyanide but the two compounds do not exist in chemical equilibrium, unlike its silicon analog trimethylsilyl cyanide.
==References==
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