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4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzonitrile
SpectraBase Compound ID HADwcyfmjHi
InChI InChI=1S/C8H7NO/c9-5-7-1-3-8(6-10)4-2-7/h1-4,10H,6H2
InChIKey XAASLEJRGFPHEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 133.15 g/mol
Molecular Formula C8H7NO
Exact Mass 133.052764 g/mol
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Source of Spectrum U1-2011-5295-31
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Source of Spectrum ASC-345-1350-1350_2
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Source of Spectrum ACI-61-SM17-7 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207557)
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Source of Spectrum AJO-12-SM8-Figure S3-6 (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200626)
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Solvent DMSO-D6
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Solvent ACETONE
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Solvent TOLUENE
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Solvent Acetone
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Solvent Acetone
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Source of Sample Acros Organics
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Catalog Number 454650010
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Source of Sample Acros Organics
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Catalog Number 527750
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Solvent CDCl3
  • 4-(Hydroxymethyl)-benzonitril, 4-cyanobenzylalcohol
  • 4-HYDROXYMETHYLBENZENENITRILE
  • Benzonitrile, 4-(hydroxymethyl)-
  • 4-Cyanobenzyl alcohol
  • p-Cyanobenzyl alcohol
  • 4-Methylolbenzonitrile
  • 4-(Hydroxymethyl)benzenecarbonitrile
  • CCRIS 5116
Title Journal or Book Year
Improved13C NMR Shift Prediction Program for Polysubstituted Benzenes and Sterically Defined Cyclohexane Derivatives Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 1996
17O NMR spectroscopy: unusual substituent effects in -substituted benzyl alcohols and acetates Tetrahedron Letters 1984

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