1097. Benzonitrile

Nomenclature

CAS number: 100-47-0
Phenyl cyanide; cyanobenzene.
C7H5N; mol wt 103.12.
C 81.53%, H 4.89%, N 13.58%.

Description and references

Prepd by heating Na benzenesulfonate with NaCN or by adding benzenediazonium chloride soln to a hot aq NaCN soln contg CuSO4 and distilling. Lab prepn: A. I. Vogel, Practical Organic Chemistry (Longmans, London, 3rd ed, 1959) p 608.

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid, odor of volatile oil of almond. bp760 190.7°, bp100 123.5°, bp10 69.2°, bp1 28.2°. mp 12.75°. d1515 1.010. nD20 1.5289. Fire pt 167°F. Slightly sol in cold water; sol to the extent of 1% in water at 100°; miscible with common organic solvents.

Use

Solvent.