Aminoacetonitrile

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Aminoacetonitrile
Skeletal formula of aminoacetonitrile with an implicit carbon shown
Stereo, skeletal formula of aminoacetonitrile with all implicit carbons shown, and all explicit hydrogens added
Ball and stick model of aminoacetonitrile
Spacefill model of aminoacetonitrile
Names
IUPAC name
2-Aminoacetonitrile[1]
Identifiers
540-61-4 YesY
ChemSpider 10439 YesY
EC Number 208-751-8
Jmol 3D model Interactive image
MeSH Aminoacetonitrile
PubChem 10901
RTECS number AL7750000
UNII 3739OQ10IJ YesY
  • InChI=1S/C2H4N2/c3-1-2-4/h1,3H2 YesY
    Key: DFNYGALUNNFWKJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N YesY
  • NCC#N
Properties
C2H4N2
Molar mass 56.07 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Boiling point 58.1 °C; 136.5 °F; 331.2 K at 2.0 kPa
Vapor pressure {{{value}}}
Related compounds
Related alkanenitriles
Related compounds
DBNPA
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Aminoacetonitrile is a simple organic compound containing both nitrile and amino groups. It is somewhat similar to the simplest amino acid, glycine. This compound is commercially available as the chloride and sulfate salts.

Production and applications

Industrially aminoacetonitrile is produced from glycolonitrile by reaction with ammonia:

HOCH2CN + NH3 → H2NCH2CN + H2O

The aminoacetonitrile can be hydrolysed to give glycine:[2]

Aminoacetonitrile derivatives are useful anthelmintics. They act as nematode specific ACh agonists[3] causing a spastic paralysis and rapid expulsion from the host.

Occurrence in the interstellar medium

In 2008, aminoacetonitrile was discovered in the Large Molecule Heimat, a giant gas cloud near the galactic center in the constellation Sagittarius by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.[4] This discovery is significant to the debate on whether glycine exists widely in the universe.

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References

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  2. Peter Pollak, Gérard Romeder, Ferdinand Hagedorn, Heinz-Peter Gelbke "Nitriles" Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a17_363
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