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Cyanoacetylene
Organic compound (HC≡C−C≡N) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyanoacetylene is an organic compound with the formula C3HN or H−C≡C−C≡N. It is the simplest cyanopolyyne. Cyanoacetylene has been detected by spectroscopic methods in interstellar clouds,[2] in the coma of comet Hale–Bopp and in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan,[3] where it sometimes forms expansive fog-like clouds.[4]
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Prop-2-ynenitrile | |
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Propiolonitrile Cyanoethyne Monocyanoacetylene 2-Propynenitrile | |
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C3HN | |
Molar mass | 51.048 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | 5 °C (41 °F; 278 K) |
Boiling point | 42.5 °C (108.5 °F; 315.6 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cyanoacetylene is one of the molecules that was produced in the Miller–Urey experiment.[5]