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Acetonitrile

≥99.92%, suitable for mass spectrometry (MS), UHPLC

Synonym(s):

ACN, Cyanomethane, Ethyl nitrile, Methyl cyanide

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Linear Formula:
CH3CN
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
41.05
UNSPSC Code:
12191502
NACRES:
NA.21
EC Number:
200-835-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
741857
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99.92%
Grade:
HPLC grade
Technique(s):
mass spectrometry (MS): suitable
Bp:
81-82 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
72.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

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Product Name

Acetonitrile, for UHPLC, suitable for mass spectrometry (MS)

grade

HPLC grade

agency

suitable for ASTM® 7968, suitable for ASTM® 7979, suitable for DIN 38407-42, suitable for EPA 1633, suitable for EPA 8327, suitable for GB 31604.35-2016, suitable for GB 5009.253-2016, suitable for ISO 21675 2019

reg. compliance

suitable for FDA C-010.02

Quality Level

InChI key

WEVYAHXRMPXWCK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C2H3N/c1-2-3/h1H3

SMILES string

CC#N

vapor density

1.41 (vs air)

vapor pressure

72.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.92%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

973 °F

expl. lim.

16 %

technique(s)

mass spectrometry (MS): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.344 (lit.)

bp

81-82 °C (lit.)

mp

−45 °C (lit.)

density

0.786 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

PFAS testing
food and beverages

format

neat

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439134349981.13358
assay

≥99.92%

assay

≥99.9%

assay

≥99.9%

assay

≥99.8% (GC)

application(s)

food and beverages

application(s)

food and beverages

application(s)

food and beverages

application(s)

food and beverages
pharmaceutical

Quality Level

100

Quality Level

100

Quality Level

100

Quality Level

200

technique(s)

mass spectrometry (MS): suitable

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, UV/Vis spectroscopy: suitable

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, IR spectroscopy: suitable

technique(s)

-

form

liquid

form

liquid

form

liquid

form

liquid

vapor pressure

72.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

vapor pressure

72.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

vapor pressure

72.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

vapor pressure

72.8 mmHg ( 20 °C), 97 hPa ( 20 °C)

General description

Acetonitrile, an aliphatic nitrile, is a highly volatile, aprotic polar organic solvent that finds wide use in analytical determinations. It is UV-transparent − a property that facilitates its utilization in spectrophotometric and fluorimetric analyses. Its low viscosity, high elution strength and miscibility in water makes it viable in many chromatography systems.
Its other applications include its use as a mobile phase additive and as an extraction solvent in liquid-liquid extraction (LLC), solid-phase extraction (SPE) and microextraction for chromatographic applications, etc.[1]

Application

Acetonitrile, an organic solvent, is used as a mobile phase/extraction solvent in the ultra-high performance liquid chromatorgraphy − tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) analysis of pesticides in tobacco samples.[2] It can be potentially used with a reverse-phase column to determine the concentration of diclofenac (DCF).[3]
Acetonitrile may be used:
  • As an extraction solvent for the quantification of pesticide analytes in foodstuffs[4] and tea, industrial dyes in juice and wine by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS).
  • As an organic modifier in the determination of bisphenol A-diglycidyl ether, bisphenol F-diglycidyl ether and their derivatives in canned food and beverages by fast LC–MS/MS.[5]

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

35.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

2.0 °C - closed cup


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Barbara Giroud et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1316, 53-61 (2013-10-15)
Beebread is among the matrices suspected of contaminating honeybee. To better understand this contamination, the study aimed to develop an efficient, sensitive and reliable analytical method for the trace analysis of pesticides in beebread. This study focuses specifically on the
Rapid determination of organonitrogen, organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides in tea by ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS)
Zhao HX, et al.
Food Analytical Methods, 6(2), 497-505 (2013)
Determination of 27 industrial dyes in juice and wine using ultra performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry
Zhao S, et al.
Se Pu / Chinese Journal of Chromatography, 28(4), 356-362 (2010)
Acetonitrile, the polarity chameleon.
P K Zarzycki et al.
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 397(3), 905-908 (2010-04-13)
Roberto Nisticò et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 9(8) (2019-08-02)
The photodegradation of an aqueous solution of diclofenac (DCF) has been attempted in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and organic/inorganic hybrid magnetic materials under simulated and real solar light. The hybrid magnetic materials have been prepared via coprecipitation synthesis starting

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