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4-Cyanobiphenyl
SpectraBase Compound ID IuvMuFcfUqU
InChI InChI=1S/C13H9N/c14-10-11-6-8-13(9-7-11)12-4-2-1-3-5-12/h1-9H
InChIKey BPMBNLJJRKCCRT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 179.22 g/mol
Molecular Formula C13H9N
Exact Mass 179.073499 g/mol
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent Acetone
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Acetone
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Acetone
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Acetone
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Technique KBr WAFER
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Technique Mull
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Source of Spectrum DigiLab GmbH (C) 2024
Technique GC/MS
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Source of Spectrum Gund S.H., et al. Tetrahedron, 10.1016/j.tet.2016.05.081
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Source of Spectrum CAJ-16-SM34-34-1
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Source of Spectrum ASC-364-SM50-3g
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Source of Spectrum QE-22-SM14-Table 4, entry 31 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600420)
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Source of Spectrum JOC-78-1930-6b (DOI: 10.1021/jo3018878)
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Source of Spectrum KC-57-7852-3
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Source of Spectrum F-66-7639-0
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Source of Spectrum F-66-8657-5
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Source of Spectrum KD-51-5925/SM15-3b
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Source of Spectrum U2-2017-2547/SM24-24_4
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Source of Spectrum AOC-32-SM4-Table1Entry6
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Source of Spectrum AOC-32-SM6-3d,4d
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Source of Spectrum CSC-11-SM14-3bv
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Source of Spectrum CN109678755A
  • 1,1'-Biphenyl-4-carbonitrile
  • p-Phenylbenzonitrile
  • 4-Biphenylcarbonitrile
  • p-Cyanobiphenyl
  • 4-Biphenylcarboxylic acid nitrile
  • BPMBNLJJRKCCRT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Biphenyl-4-carbonitrile
  • 4-Phenylbenzonitrile
  • 4-Phenylbenzenecarbonitrile

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