Acetonitrile (data page)
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This page provides supplementary chemical data on acetonitrile.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.
Structure and properties
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| Index of refraction, nD | 1.344 at 20.0 °C [1] |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant, εr | 36.64 ε0 at 20 °C [1] |
| Dipole Moment, | 3.84 D |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
| Viscosity[2] | 0.441 mPa·s at 0 °C 0.343 mPa·s at 25 °C |
| Surface tension[2] | 29.29 dyn/cm |
Thermodynamic properties
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| Triple point[3] | 229.32 K (−43.83 °C), 167 Pa |
| Critical point | 545 K (272 °C), 4.87 MPa |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH |
8.167 kJ/mol (crystal I → liq) |
| Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS |
35.61 J/(mol·K) (crystal I → liq) |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH |
33.225 kJ/mol at 25 °C 29.75 at 81.6 °C (BP) |
| Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS |
111.44 J/(mol·K) at 25 °C |
| Template:Chembox header | Solid properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
? kJ/mol at 25 °C |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
? J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp | 92.36 J/(mol K)at 298.15 K |
| Std enthalpy change of state transition, ΔtrsH |
0.8979 kJ/mol at −56.2 °C (crystal II → crystal I) |
| Std entropy change of state transition, ΔtrsS |
4.14 J/(mol·K) at −56.2 °C (crystal II → crystal I) |
| Template:Chembox header | Liquid properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
−40.56 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
149.62 J/(mol K) |
| Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH |
−1256.33 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, cp | 91.7 J/(mol K) at 25 °C |
| Template:Chembox header | Gas properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
−74.04 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
? J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp | ? J/(mol K) |
Vapor pressure of liquid
| Template:Chembox header | P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 |
| Template:Chembox header | T in °C | −47.0(s) | −16.3 | 7.7 | 27.0 | 62.5 | 81.8 |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 44th ed. The "(s)" notation indicates temperature of solid/vapor equilibrium. Otherwise the data is temperature of liquid/vapor equilibrium.

Distillation data
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Spectral data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite web
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Template:Cite web
- ↑ Vapor Pressures of Acetonitrile Determined by Comparative Ebulliometry, Michael B. Ewing* and Jesus C. Sanchez Ochoa, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 2004 49 (3), 486-491
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Template:Cite web
- ↑ Template:Cite web