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Benzeneacetonitrile
SpectraBase Compound ID IIvwXzLRDGz
InChI InChI=1S/C8H7N/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5H,6H2
InChIKey SUSQOBVLVYHIEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 117.15 g/mol
Molecular Formula C8H7N
Exact Mass 117.057849 g/mol
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Source of Spectrum SFA-87-2256-phenylacetonitrile (DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2958)
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent C7H8:ET2O=1:1
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  • Benzyl cyanide
  • Phenylacetonitrile
  • alpha-TOLUNITRILE
  • Benzyl nitrile
  • ACETONITRILE, PHENYL-,
  • CYANOMETHYL-PHENYL;ANIONIC-SPECIE
  • BENZYLCYANID
  • PHENYLACETONITRILE-CARBANION
  • 2-PHENYLACETONITRIL;2-PHENYLETHANNITRIL
  • 1-Phenyl-2-ethylnitrile
  • CYANOMETHYLBENZENE
  • 2-Phenylacetonitrile
  • Acetonitrile, phenyl- (6CI,7CI,8CI)
Title Journal or Book Year
Study of the Lithiated Phenylacetonitrile Monoanions and Dianions Formed According to the Lithiated Base Used (LHMDS, LDA, or n-BuLi). 1. Evidence of Heterodimer (“Quadac”) or Dianion Formation by Vibrational Spectroscopy The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2003
6Li/15N NMR-Based Solution Structural Determination of Et2O- and TMEDA-Solvated Lithiophenylacetonitrile and a LiHMDS Mixed Aggregate Journal of the American Chemical Society 1994
Charge mapping in carbanions. Weak charge demand of the cyano group as assessed from a carbon-13 NMR study of carbanions of .alpha.-activated acetonitriles and phenylacetonitriles: breakdown of a myth The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1993
Structural study and reactivity of carbanions in solution: phenyl- and 3-pyridylacetonitriles The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1992
The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1980
13C substituent effects in monosubstituted benzenes Organic Magnetic Resonance 1979
.alpha.-Substituted toluenes and 3-substituted propenes. Evaluation of substituent effects via carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1976

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