Product Description
acetonitrile
| Test Item | Standard | Test Result |
| Appearance | colourless clear liquid | colourless clear liquid |
| Color(Pt-Co) | 10 max. | 8 |
| Density(20 g/cm3) | 0.780-0.785 | 0.782 |
| Purity(G.C) | 99.90% min. | 99.9977% |
| Water | 0.03% max. | 0.02% |
| Acidity(as acetic acid) | 0.005% max. | 0.0023% |
| Ammonia | 0.0006% max. | 0.00058% |
| Acetone | 0.005% max. | None detected |
| Propionitrile | 0.063% max. | 0.0023% |
| Acrylonitrile | 0.0025% max. | None detected |
| hydrocyanic acid | 0.001% max. | None detected |
| Copper | 0.00005% max. | 0.000002% |
| Iron | 0.00005% max. | 0.000002% |
Application:
Acetonitrile is the chemical compound with formula CH3CN. This colourless liquid is the simplest organic nitrile. It is produced mainly as a byproduct of acrylonitrile manufacture. It is used as a polar aprotic solvent in organic synthesis and in the purification of butadiene.[2]In the laboratory, it is used as a medium-polarity solvent that is miscible with water and has a convenient liquid range. With a dipole moment of 3.84 D, acetonitrile dissolves a wide range of ionic and nonpolar compounds (e.g. Wohl-Ziegler reaction) and is useful as a mobile phase in HPLC and LCMS.
