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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Methyl cyanide, CH3CN, the nitrile of acetic acid. It is a liquid which boils at 81.6°C.

Wiktionary

  1. n. organic chemistry The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH3CN.

Examples

  • “Try nail polish remover, particularly the kind with acetone instead of acetonitrile.”

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  • “Finding amino acetonitrile has greatly extended our insight into the chemistry of dense, hot star-forming regions.”

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  • “Since the search for glycine has turned out to be extremely difficult, a chemically related molecule was searched for, amino acetonitrile NH2CH2CN, probably a direct precursor of glycine.”

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  • “Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn have detected for the first time a molecule closely related to an amino acid: amino acetonitrile.”

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  • “Dry lysergic acid is suspended in a suitable vehicle as acetonitrile, and the suspension is cooled to about -15 C. or -20 C.”

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  • “The acetonitrile solution containing mixed anhydride is added to 150 ml. of acetonitrile containing 7.6 g. of diethylamine.”

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  • “The acetonitrile is evaporated, and the residue treated with chloroform and water as described in Example Two.”

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  • “A solution of the mixed anhydride of lysergic acid and trifluoroacetic acid is prepared from 2.68 g. of d-lysergic acid and 4.4 g. of trifluoroacetic acid anhydride in 100 ml. of acetonitrile by the method of Example One.”

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  • “To the suspension is then added slowly a solution of about two equivalents of trifluoroacetic anhydride dissolved in acetonitrile and previously cooled to about -20 degrees C.”

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  • “To this suspension is added a cold -20 degrees C. solution of 8.82 g. of trifluoroacetic anhydride in 75 ml. of acetonitrile.”

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