Cyanoacetylene
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| Preferred IUPAC name Prop-2-ynenitrile | |
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| C3HN | |
| Molar mass | 51.048 g·mol−1 | 
| Appearance | Colorless liquid | 
| Melting point | 5 °C (41 °F; 278 K) | 
| Boiling point | 42.5 °C (108.5 °F; 315.6 K) | 
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references | |
Cyanoacetylene is an organic compound with the formula C3HN or H−C≡C−C≡N. It is the simplest cyanopolyyne. Cyanoacetylene has been detected by spectroscopic methods in interstellar clouds, in the coma of comet Hale–Bopp and in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, where it sometimes forms expansive fog-like clouds.
Cyanoacetylene is one of the molecules that was produced in the Miller–Urey experiment.
- H−C≡C−H + H−C≡N → H−C≡C−C≡N + H2
Nickel carbonyl catalyzes cyanoacetylene carboalkoxylation to cyanoacrylate esters.