Nomenclature
CAS number: 540-61-4
Glycinonitrile; cyanomethylamine; glycine nitrile.
C
2H
4N
2; mol wt 56.07.
C 42.84%, H 7.19%, N 49.96%.
H
2NCH
2CN.
Description and references
Prepd by the action of alcoholic HCl or H2SO4 on dimolecular or trimolecular methyleneaminoacetonitrile:
Anslow, King, J. Chem. Soc. 1929, 2465.
Properties
Oily liquid. bp15 58° (partial decompn).Derivative
Hydrochloride.
Nomenclature
CAS number: 6011-14-9
C
2H
4N
2.HCl; mol wt 92.53.
C 25.96%, H 5.45%, N 30.27%, Cl 38.32%.
Properties
Hygroscopic crystals from alcohol, dec 165°.Derivative
Sulfate (1:1).
Nomenclature
CAS number: 151-63-3
C
2H
4N
2.H
2SO
4; mol wt 154.15.
C 15.58%, H 3.92%, N 18.17%, S 20.80%, O 41.52%.
Description and references
Prepn: H. Stephen, J. Chem. Soc. 1931, 871.
Properties
Hygroscopic leaflets from ethanol + ether, mp 121°.Derivative
Sulfate (2:1).
Nomenclature
CAS number: 5466-22-8
(C
2H
4N
2)
2.H
2SO
4; mol wt 210.21.
C 22.85%, H 4.79%, N 26.65%, S 15.25%, O 30.44%.
Properties
Long flat prisms from water/ethanol, mp 166° (dec).