4-Acetylbenzonitrile

light yellow to yellow-beige crystalline mass or crystalline powder and chunks

4-Acetylbenzonitrile is used in the preparation of antimalarial isonitriles. It is also used for synthetic API such as anesthetic agents and anti-allergic agents.

4-Acetylbenzonitrile can be used in the preparation of antimalarial isonitriles.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 44, p. 1613, 1979 DOI: 10.1021/jo01324a006
Tetrahedron Letters, 28, p. 1345, 1987 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)95366-8

The relaxation-assisted two-dimensional infrared (RA 2DIR) spectroscopy of 4-acetylbenzonitrile was analyzed.

Not classified

Recrystallise the nitrile from EtOH [Wagner et al. J Am Chem Soc 108 7727 1986]. [Beilstein 10 H 695, 10 III 3030.]