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2-Methylterephthalonitrile

PubChem CID
10419286
Structure
2-Methylterephthalonitrile_small.png
2-Methylterephthalonitrile_3D_Structure.png
Molecular Formula
Synonyms
  • 2-methylterephthalonitrile
  • 55984-93-5
  • 2,5-DICYANOTOLUENE
  • 2-methylbenzene-1,4-dicarbonitrile
  • Methylterephthalonitrile
Molecular Weight
142.16 g/mol
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Dates
  • Create:
    2006-10-25
  • Modify:
    2025-01-11

1 Structures

1.1 2D Structure

Chemical Structure Depiction
2-Methylterephthalonitrile.png

1.2 3D Conformer

2 Names and Identifiers

2.1 Computed Descriptors

2.1.1 IUPAC Name

2-methylbenzene-1,4-dicarbonitrile
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2.1.2 InChI

InChI=1S/C9H6N2/c1-7-4-8(5-10)2-3-9(7)6-11/h2-4H,1H3
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2.1.3 InChIKey

UJXAVMZSVIODSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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2.1.4 SMILES

CC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C#N)C#N
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2.2 Molecular Formula

C9H6N2
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2.3 Other Identifiers

2.3.1 CAS

55984-93-5

2.3.2 European Community (EC) Number

2.3.3 DSSTox Substance ID

2.3.4 Nikkaji Number

2.3.5 Wikidata

2.4 Synonyms

2.4.1 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

3 Chemical and Physical Properties

3.1 Computed Properties

Property Name
Molecular Weight
Property Value
142.16 g/mol
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Property Name
XLogP3-AA
Property Value
1.7
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count
Property Value
2
Reference
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Property Name
Rotatable Bond Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Exact Mass
Property Value
142.053098200 Da
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Property Name
Monoisotopic Mass
Property Value
142.053098200 Da
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Property Name
Topological Polar Surface Area
Property Value
47.6 Ų
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Property Name
Heavy Atom Count
Property Value
11
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Property Name
Formal Charge
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Complexity
Property Value
226
Reference
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Property Name
Isotope Atom Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Compound Is Canonicalized
Property Value
Yes
Reference
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4 Spectral Information

4.1 1D NMR Spectra

4.1.1 13C NMR Spectra

Copyright
Copyright © 1980, 1981-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4.2 Mass Spectrometry

4.2.1 GC-MS

Source of Spectrum
U1-1999-1716-0
Copyright
Copyright © 2020-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4.3 IR Spectra

4.3.1 FTIR Spectra

Instrument Name
Bruker IFS 85
Technique
KBr-Pellet
Copyright
Copyright © 1989, 1990-2024 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. All Rights Reserved.
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6 Chemical Vendors

7 Safety and Hazards

7.1 Hazards Identification

7.1.1 GHS Classification

Pictogram(s)
Irritant
Signal
Warning
GHS Hazard Statements

H315 (100%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]

H319 (100%): Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]

H335 (100%): May cause respiratory irritation [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Respiratory tract irritation]

Precautionary Statement Codes

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, and P501

(The corresponding statement to each P-code can be found at the GHS Classification page.)

ECHA C&L Notifications Summary

Aggregated GHS information provided per 38 reports by companies from 1 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Information may vary between notifications depending on impurities, additives, and other factors. The percentage value in parenthesis indicates the notified classification ratio from companies that provide hazard codes. Only hazard codes with percentage values above 10% are shown.

7.1.2 Hazard Classes and Categories

Skin Irrit. 2 (100%)

Eye Irrit. 2 (100%)

STOT SE 3 (100%)

8 Literature

8.1 Consolidated References

8.2 Springer Nature References

8.3 Thieme References

9 Patents

9.1 Depositor-Supplied Patent Identifiers

9.2 WIPO PATENTSCOPE

9.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

9.4 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

9.5 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

10 Classification

10.1 UN GHS Classification

10.2 EPA DSSTox Classification

10.3 MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology

11 Information Sources

  1. EPA DSSTox
    CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Chemical Lists
    https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/
  2. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
    LICENSE
    Use of the information, documents and data from the ECHA website is subject to the terms and conditions of this Legal Notice, and subject to other binding limitations provided for under applicable law, the information, documents and data made available on the ECHA website may be reproduced, distributed and/or used, totally or in part, for non-commercial purposes provided that ECHA is acknowledged as the source: "Source: European Chemicals Agency, http://echa.europa.eu/". Such acknowledgement must be included in each copy of the material. ECHA permits and encourages organisations and individuals to create links to the ECHA website under the following cumulative conditions: Links can only be made to webpages that provide a link to the Legal Notice page.
    https://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/legal-notice
  3. Japan Chemical Substance Dictionary (Nikkaji)
  4. SpectraBase
    2-METHYLBENZENE-1,4-DICARBONITRILE
    https://spectrabase.com/spectrum/KQ8qsswxR8K
  5. Springer Nature
  6. Thieme Chemistry
    LICENSE
    The Thieme Chemistry contribution within PubChem is provided under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, unless otherwise stated.
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  7. Wikidata
  8. PubChem
  9. GHS Classification (UNECE)
  10. MolGenie
    MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology
    https://github.com/MolGenie/ontology/
  11. PATENTSCOPE (WIPO)
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