STEARONITRILE Property

Melting point:

38-40 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

274 °C100 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.818 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

1.4389

Flash point:

>230 °F

form 

powder to crystal

color 

White to Almost white

LogP

8.050 (est)

CAS DataBase Reference

638-65-3(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Stearonitrile (638-65-3)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

20/21/22

Safety Statements 

36

RIDADR 

3276

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

WI5500000

HS Code 

2926.90.5050

Hazardous Substances Data

638-65-3(Hazardous Substances Data)

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Precautionary statements

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

STEARONITRILE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Uses

Stearonitrile was used to study the behaviour of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine mixed with stearonitrile at the air–water interface by surface pressure–area measurements and by direct visualisation of monolayers by Brewster angle microscopy. It was used to study the phase behaviour of stearic acid mixed with stearonitrile, in bulk and in a monolayer at the air–water interface.

Definition

ChEBI: Stearonitrile is a fatty nitrile obtained by formal condensation of stearic (octadecanoic) acid with ammonia. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is functionally related to an octadecanoic acid.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 45, p. 1014, 1967 DOI: 10.1139/v67-169

General Description

Stearonitrile undergoes W-6 Raney nickel catalyzed hydrogenation reaction. It forms inclusion complexes with urea.