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Version | 2.0 |
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Created at | 2022-03-10 18:58:23 UTC |
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Updated at | 2022-03-10 22:18:24 UTC |
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NP-MRD ID | NP0045124 |
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Secondary Accession Numbers | None |
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Natural Product Identification |
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Common Name | Benzyl nitrile |
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Description | Benzyl nitrile or Benzeneacetonitrile, also known as benzyl cyanide or alpha-cyanotoluene, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as benzyl cyanides. These are organic compounds containing an acetonitrile with one hydrogen replaced by a phenyl group. Benzeneacetonitrile is found, on average, in the highest concentration within kohlrabis and peppermints. Benzeneacetonitrile has also been detected, but not quantified, in several different foods, such as cabbages, cauliflowers, garden and cherry tomato. Benzeneacetonitrile has also been detected in the volatile fraction of Cannabis sativa samples obtained from police seizures (PMID: 26657499 ). It is also a constituent of cannabis smoke and is volatilized during the combustion of cannabis (https://Doi.Org/10.1007/978-1-59259-947-9_2). Benzeneacetonitrile is a potentially toxic compound. Benzyl nitrile is a colorless oily aromatic liquid and an important precursor to numerous compounds in organic chemistry. Benzyl nitrile is a useful precursor to numerous drugs with recreational use potential. Benzyl nitrile can be produced via Kolbe nitrile synthesis between benzyl chloride and sodium cyanide and by oxidative decarboxylation of phenylalanine. |
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Structure | InChI=1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2 |
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Synonyms | Value | Source |
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(Cyanomethyl)benzene | ChEBI | 2-Phenylacetonitrile | ChEBI | alpha-Cyanotoluene | ChEBI | alpha-Tolunitrile | ChEBI | Benzyl cyanide | ChEBI | Benzyl nitrile | ChEBI | a-Cyanotoluene | Generator | Α-cyanotoluene | Generator | a-Tolunitrile | Generator | Α-tolunitrile | Generator | .omega.-cyanotoluene | HMDB | Acetic acid, phenyl-nitrile | HMDB | alpha -Cyanotoluene | HMDB | alpha -Tolunitrile | HMDB | alpha-Cyano-toluene | HMDB | Benzeneacetonitrile, 9ci | HMDB | Benzylkyanid | HMDB | Benzylnitrile | HMDB | Cyanophenylmethane | HMDB | Enzylcyanide | HMDB | Laquo omegaraquo -cyanotoluene | HMDB | Omega-cyanotoluene | HMDB | Phenacetonitrile | HMDB | Phenyl acetyl nitrile | HMDB | Phenyl-acetonitrile | HMDB | Phenylacetonitrile | HMDB | Phenylacetonitrile, liquid | HMDB | Benzeneacetonitrile | ChEBI |
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Chemical Formula | C8H7N |
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Average Mass | 117.1479 Da |
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Monoisotopic Mass | 117.05785 Da |
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IUPAC Name | 2-phenylacetonitrile |
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Traditional Name | phenylacetonitrile |
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CAS Registry Number | 140-29-4 |
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SMILES | N#CCC1=CC=CC=C1 |
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InChI Identifier | InChI=1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2 |
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InChI Key | SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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Experimental Spectra |
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| Spectrum Type | Description | Depositor ID | Depositor Organization | Depositor | Deposition Date | View |
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1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 25 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 100 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 252 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 1000 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 50 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 200 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 75 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 300 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 101 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 400 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 126 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 500 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 151 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 600 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 176 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 700 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 201 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 800 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 13C NMR Spectrum (1D, 226 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 900 MHz, D2O, predicted) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum |
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Chemical Taxonomy |
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Description | Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as benzyl cyanides. These are organic compounds containing an acetonitrile with one hydrogen replaced by a phenyl group. |
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Kingdom | Organic compounds |
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Super Class | Benzenoids |
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Class | Benzene and substituted derivatives |
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Sub Class | Benzyl cyanides |
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Direct Parent | Benzyl cyanides |
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Substituents | - Benzyl-cyanide
- Nitrile
- Carbonitrile
- Organic nitrogen compound
- Organopnictogen compound
- Hydrocarbon derivative
- Organonitrogen compound
- Aromatic homomonocyclic compound
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Molecular Framework | Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds |
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Physical Properties |
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State | Not Available |
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Experimental Properties | Property | Value | Reference |
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Melting Point | Not Available | Not Available | Boiling Point | Not Available | Not Available | Water Solubility | Not Available | Not Available | LogP | Not Available | Not Available |
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General References | - Seidelmann K, Ferenz HJ: Courtship inhibition pheromone in desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria. J Insect Physiol. 2002 Nov;48(11):991-996. doi: 10.1016/s0022-1910(02)00178-6. [PubMed:12770022 ]
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- Vivekanand PA, Wang ML: Sonocatalyzed synthesis of 2-phenylvaleronitrile under controlled reaction conditions--a kinetic study. Ultrason Sonochem. 2011 Sep;18(5):1241-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.02.002. Epub 2011 Feb 17. [PubMed:21377400 ]
- Huigens ME, de Swart E, Mumm R: Risk of egg parasitoid attraction depends on anti-aphrodisiac titre in the large cabbage white butterfly Pieris brassicae. J Chem Ecol. 2011 Apr;37(4):364-7. doi: 10.1007/s10886-011-9935-2. Epub 2011 Mar 31. [PubMed:21452001 ]
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- Petrickova A, Vesela AB, Kaplan O, Kubac D, Uhnakova B, Malandra A, Felsberg J, Rinagelova A, Weyrauch P, Kren V, Bezouska K, Martinkova L: Purification and characterization of heterologously expressed nitrilases from filamentous fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012 Feb;93(4):1553-61. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3525-7. Epub 2011 Sep 3. [PubMed:21892598 ]
- Amwayi PW, Masiga DK, Govender P, Teal PE, Torto B: Mass spectral determination of phenylacetonitrile (PAN) levels in body tissues of adult desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. J Insect Physiol. 2012 Aug;58(8):1037-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.03.012. Epub 2012 May 17. [PubMed:22609420 ]
- Noge K, Abe M, Tamogami S: Phenylacetonitrile from the giant knotweed, Fallopia sachalinensis, infested by the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, is induced by exogenous methyl jasmonate. Molecules. 2011 Aug 3;16(8):6481-8. doi: 10.3390/molecules16086481. [PubMed:21814160 ]
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