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nitrile

vr.tr.nitrile · PHY.MAT

Let an agent explain nitriles and their chemistry, identify nitrile-containing compounds, give safety guidance for handling, and describe uses from solvents to gloves.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain nitriles and their chemistry, identify nitrile-containing compounds, give safety guidance for handling, and describe uses from solvents to gloves.

An organic compound containing a carbon atom triple-bonded to nitrogen, the cyano group, including small molecules such as acetonitrile used as a solvent, acrylonitrile used for polymers and synthetic rubber, and nitrile groups in drugs and pesticides such as cyfluthrin; nitriles are versatile synthetic intermediates and the source of nitrile rubber used in gloves.

What it is for: Organic compounds with the cyano group.

It can be explain nitrile structure and reactions; identify nitrile compounds; give safety guidance; describe uses.

Distinguishing features

Cyano group

Synthetic versatility

Polymer precursors

Safety considerations

What it looks like

Typically colourless liquids or solids; nitrile rubber is a blue or black elastomer.

How it is recognised

Carbon-nitrogen triple bond

Reactive intermediates

Cyanide salts are inorganic and far more acutely toxic

Related models

is a kind of - category

organonitrogen compound

is related to - another functional group class

ethers

is related to - reactivity

chemical property

is related to - nitrile rubber composites

composite material

In practice

Families and kinds

simple alkyl nitriles such as acetonitrile

unsaturated nitriles such as acrylonitrile

aromatic nitriles

nitrile groups in drugs and pesticides

nitrile rubber and polymers

Standards and regulation

Chemical safety data sheet requirements

Pesticide regulation for nitrile-containing agents

Glove standards for nitrile rubber

Failure modes and hazards

Toxicity of some nitriles

Flammability of solvents

Confusing nitriles with cyanides

Also called

cyfluthrin(1R,3R,αS)-cyfluthrin(1S)-trans-(αR)-cyfluthrin(1R,3S,αS)-cyfluthrin(1S)-cis-(αR)-cyfluthrin(1R,3R,ΑR)-cyfluthrinCyfluthrin diastereoisomer IIIpoly(cyanoacrylate ester)(RS)-citalopramethyl cyanoacetatecyanopolyynetetracyanomethanecyanoacrylate salt(R)-citalopram(R)-citalopram(1+)escitalopram(1+)3-[5-cyano-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-yl]-N,N-dimethylpropan-1-aminiumescitalopramtyrphostinscyanoformmalononitrileEthyl (¹³C,¹⁵N)cyano(¹³C₂)acetateEthyl (¹³C)cyanoacetateapalutamidebromoxynil octanoatecyhalothrincyanoacrylatecyanoacrylate esternitrile anionprotonated hydrogen cyanideomaveloxolonealiphatic nitrileacyl cyanidebenzonitrile1,3-dicyanocyclohexanetributylstannanecarbonitrileγ-cyhalothrin(1S)-cis-(alphaR)-cyhalothrindiaminomaleonitrile(RS)-4-hydroxymandelonitrile

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.nitrile

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Chemistry The nitrile group.

Structure.

Structure

What a nitrile is.

Structure

Structure.

  1. What defines a nitrile, and how do its properties follow from the carbon-nitrogen triple bond? definition
  2. How do nitriles differ from cyanides, isonitriles and amides? definition

Reactions

Reactivity.

Reactions

Reactivity.

  1. How are nitriles made and converted to acids, amines and other groups? definition
  2. Why are they useful intermediates? definition
Identify Nitrile compounds.

Examples.

Examples

Common nitriles.

Examples

Examples.

  1. Which common compounds are nitriles, from acetonitrile and acrylonitrile to drugs and pesticides such as cyfluthrin? definition
  2. Is this molecule a nitrile? definition

Pesticides

Nitrile pesticides.

Pesticides

Pesticides.

  1. How are nitrile-containing pesticides such as cyfluthrin regulated and used? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific compound? action
Safety Handling nitriles.

Precautions.

Handling

Safe handling.

Handling

Handling.

  1. How should nitrile solvents and reagents be handled and stored, according to safety data? provenance
  2. Is there an exposure or spill now? boundary

Gloves

Nitrile rubber.

Gloves

Nitrile rubber.

  1. What is nitrile rubber, and why are nitrile gloves used, including chemical resistance and allergy considerations? provenance
  2. Which standards apply to gloves? provenance
Learn Industry and teaching.

Context.

Industry

Industrial uses.

Industry

Industry.

  1. How are nitriles used in polymers, pharmaceuticals and solvents? provenance
  2. How is acrylonitrile produced? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can nitrile chemistry be taught within functional group chemistry? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should individual nitriles be separate entries?
  • How should safety data be linked?
  • How should pesticide registers be linked?
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