3-Thiophenecarbonitrile Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

82 °C10 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

1.2 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.5630(lit.)

Flash point:

186 °F

storage temp. 

under inert gas (nitrogen or Argon) at 2–8 °C

form 

Liquid

Specific Gravity

1.2

color 

Clear colorless

BRN 

107104

CAS DataBase Reference

1641-09-4(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn,Xi

Risk Statements 

20/21/22-36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36-36/37

RIDADR 

3276

WGK Germany 

3

Hazard Note 

Harmful

HazardClass 

6.1

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

29341000

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3-Thiophenecarbonitrile Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Clear colorless liquid

Uses

3-Thiophenecarbonitrile can be used to synthesize the following:

• 2,4-dinaphthyl-3-cyanothiophene via reaction with iodonaphthalene
• 2,5-bis-tri(n-butyl)tin-3-cyanothiophene, a building block for the synthesis of new alternating (3-alkyl/3-cyano)thiophene copolymers

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 44, p. 1670, 1979 DOI: 10.1021/jo01324a019
Synthetic Communications, 20, p. 3153, 1990 DOI: 10.1080/00397919008051539

3-Thiophenecarbonitrile(1641-09-4)Related Product Information

• Tetrahydrothiophene
• ETHYL 2-CYANOACRYLATE
• Benzonitrile
• Methylene dithiocyanate
• Cyanoacetic acid
• Thifensulfuron
• Thiophene
• Thifensulfuron methyl
• Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)
• Cephalothin sodium
• Sodium cyanoborohydride
• 4-Nitrobenzonitrile
• 2-NITROTHIOPHENE-4-CARBONITRILE
• N1-(3-CYANO-4-METHYL-2-THIENYL)-2-CHLOROACETAMIDE
• 2-AMINO-4,5-TRIMETHYLENE-3-THIOPHENECARBONITRILE
• METHYL 3-AMINO-4-CYANOTHIOPHENE-2-CARBOXYLATE
• 2-Thiophenecarbonitrile
• ETHYL 3-AMINO-4-CYANO-5-(METHYLTHIO)THIOPHENE-2-CARBOXYLATE