Cyanoacetylene

Cyanoacetylene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Prop-2-ynenitrile
Other names
  • Propiolonitrile
  • Cyanoethyne
  • Monocyanoacetylene
  • 2-Propynenitrile
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3HN/c1-2-3-4/h1H N
    Key: LNDJVIYUJOJFSO-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
  • InChI=1/C3HN/c1-2-3-4/h1H
    Key: LNDJVIYUJOJFSO-UHFFFAOYAB
  • C#CC#N
Properties
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).
N verify (what is YN ?)
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.