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Benzyl cyanide (abbreviated BnCN) is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH2CN. This colorless oily aromatic liquid is an important precursor to numerous compounds in organic chemistry.[2]
It is also an important pheromone in certain species.[3]
^ abNomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 16. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
^Pollak, Peter; Romeder, Gérard; Hagedorn, Ferdinand; Gelbke, Heinz-Peter (2000). "Nitriles". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. doi:10.1002/14356007.a17_363. ISBN 3527306730.
Benzylcyanide (abbreviated BnCN) is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH2CN. This colorless oily aromatic liquid is an important precursor...
Illustrative is the synthesis of benzylcyanide by the reaction of benzyl chloride and sodium cyanide. Being highly toxic, sodium cyanide is used to kill or stun...
pharmaceuticals, is produced from benzylcyanide, which in turn is generated by treatment of benzyl chloride with sodium cyanide. Quaternary ammonium salts,...
has been synthesized from benzylcyanide, itself prepared by the analogous reaction of benzyl bromide with sodium cyanide. Manipulation of functional...
Snyder's Organic Syntheses (published 1955), involves the reduction of benzylcyanide with hydrogen in liquid ammonia, in the presence of a Raney-Nickel catalyst...
isocyanides have substantial acidity. For example, benzyl isocyanide has a pKa of 27.4. In comparison, benzylcyanide has a pKa of 21.9. In the gas phase, CH3NC...
synthesis of benzylcyanide by the reaction of benzyl chloride and sodium cyanide. In some cases cuprous cyanide is used instead of sodium cyanide. Cyanation...
Krishnan; A. Muthukumaran; H. V. K. Udupa (1979). "The electroreduction of benzylcyanide on iron and cobalt cathodes". Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 9...
approaches using benzylcyanide as a starting material have been developed: The first of these methods consists of a Pinner reaction of benzylcyanide, giving...
(SmB/I/F/G/H) phases. An example of a calamitic mesogen type rigid core is a benzylcyanide based rod molecule, where the smectic A liquid crystal phase exists...
used in the manufacture of controlled substances: Acetic anhydride Acetone Benzyl chloride Diethyl ether Potassium permanganate 2-Butanone (or methyl ethyl...
other organisms. This compound may be prepared by the hydrolysis of benzylcyanide: Phenylacetic acid undergoes ketonic decarboxylation to form ketones...
the mono-substituted benzyl chloride, which is hydrolyzed to benzyl alcohol. Benzyl chloride can also be converted via benzylcyanide with subsequent hydrolysis...
cyanide). The imino ether, 2-(4-Ethoxyphenyl)-acetimidic acid ethyl ester hydrochloride, is prepared by dissolving the 4-substituted benzylcyanide in...
nitrile to a primary amine in a divided cell; the cathodic reduction of benzylcyanide to phenethylamine is shown: Cathodic reduction of a nitroalkene can...
group are not called nitriles, but cyanides instead. Though both nitriles and cyanides can be derived from cyanide salts, most nitriles are not nearly...
C8H7N (molar mass: 117.15 g/mol, exact mass: 117.0578 u) may refer to: Benzylcyanide (BnCN) Indole Indolizine Isoindole This set index page lists chemical...
be produced in a two-step synthesis. The first step is reaction of benzylcyanide and chlormethine in the presence of sodium amide to form a piperidine...
as a nucleophile in nucleophilic displacement with alkyl halides such as benzyl bromide, with other carbonyl compounds such as cyclohexanone or oxiranes...
Numerous other methods have been developed, such as the partial oxidation of benzyl alcohol, alkali hydrolysis of benzal chloride, and the carbonylation of...
reusable. As a model reaction, the reaction of benzyl azide with 4-toluenesulfonic acid cyanide forming 1-benzyl-5-(4-toluenesulfonyl)tetrazole was investigated...
presence of the excess cyanide. Pentacyanocobaltate forms within seconds. When prepared using a quaternary ammonium (quat) cyanide, crystals can be obtained...
by a scheme closely akin to the parent molecule. Thus, alkylation of benzylcyanide (1) with the tosyl analog of the bischloroethylamine (2) leads to the...
by any person) the following: (A) Anthranilic acid and its salts (B) Benzylcyanide (C) Ephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers...
case, the cyanide anion is the synthetic equivalent for the COOH− synthon, while benzyl bromide is the synthetic equivalent for the benzyl synthon. The...
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