AMINOACETONITRILE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

101 °C

Boiling point:

bp15 58° (partial decompn)

Density 

0.7789 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.4180 (estimate)

storage temp. 

-20°C

form 

liquid

pka

5.34(at 25℃)

Appearance

Light brown to brown Liquid

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H4N2/c3-1-2-4/h1,3H2

InChIKey

DFNYGALUNNFWKJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(#N)CN

CAS DataBase Reference

540-61-4

NIST Chemistry Reference

NCCH2NH2(540-61-4)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

20/21/22-40

Safety Statements 

23-36

RIDADR 

NA 1993 / PGIII

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

AL7750000

MSDS

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AMINOACETONITRILE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Oily liquid, boiling point 58℃/2kPa (partially decomposed).

Uses

Aminoacetonitrile is used in preparation of the Heterocyclic compounds and their medical applications.

Production Methods

Aminoacetonitrile is readily obtained as an aqueous solution by reacting an aqueous solution of glycolonitrile with liquid ammonia. The solution is stabilized by lowering the pH with small amounts of sulfuric acid. Aminoacetonitrile can also be isolated as the hydrochloride or sulfate. Aminoacetonitrile is usually further hydrolyzed by sodium hydroxide to the sodium salt of glycine, which in turn is neutralized to glycine.

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