Acrylonitrile

C3H3NCAS 107-13-153.06 g/mol

N
AlkeneNitrile

Properties

Molecular formula
C3H3N
Molar mass
53.06 g/mol
Exact mass
53.0265 Da
Density
0.8004 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
−82 °C
Boiling point
77.3 °C
Flash point
-5 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
70 g/L (20 °C)
logP
0.70Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
23.8 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)Corrosive (GHS05)Acute Toxic (GHS06)Health Hazard (GHS08)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P203, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P262, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P272, P273, P280, P301+P316, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P318, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P333+P317, P361+P364, P362+P364, P370+P378, P391, P403+P233, P403+P235, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
107-13-1
SMILES
C=CC#N
InChIKey
NLHHRLWOUZZQLW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H3N/c1-2-3-4/h2H,1H2

Weigh it out

Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass and density.

Names and synonyms

11 names
  • 2-Propenenitrile
  • Acrylon
  • Carbacryl
  • Cyanoethylene
  • Fumigrain
  • Propenenitrile
  • VCN
  • Vinyl cyanide
  • Ventox
  • Cyanoethene
  • NSC 6362

Safety data sheets

One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 107-13-1. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.

Open in the SDS library

Work with Acrylonitrile

Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Elsewhere