Acetonitrile (75-05-8)

?Acetonitrile , its cas register number is 75-05-8. It also can be called Cyanomethane and Methyl cyanide .?It is produced mainly as a byproduct of acrylonitrile manufacture, and?can also be produced by many other methods, but these are of no commercial importance as of 2002.?Starting in October 2008, the worldwide supply of Acetonitrile (CAS NO.75-05-8) was low because Chinese production was shut down for the Olympics.?In inorganic chemistry, acetonitrile is employed as a solvent and often an easily displaceable ligand. It?has only a modest toxicity, but it can be metabolised to produce hydrogen cyanide (see below), which is the source of the observed toxic effects.?In common with other nitriles, acetonitrile can be metabolised in microsomes, especially in the liver, to produce hydrogen cyanide, as was first shown by Pozzani et al.

Related NITRILES propionitrile, BUTYRONITRILE
Related compounds acetic acid, acetamide, ethylamine?

In organic synthesis as starting material for acetophenone, alpha-naphthaleneacetic acid, thiamine, acetamidine. To remove tars, phenols, & coloring matter from petroleum hydrocarbons which are not soluble in acetonitrile. To extract fatty acids from fish liver oils & other animals & vegetable oils. Can be used to recrystallize steroids. As an indifferent medium in physicochemical investigations. Wherever a polar solvent having a rather high dielectric constant is required. As medium for promoting reactions involving ionization. As a solvent in non-aqueous titrations. As a nonaqueous solvent for inorganic salts.