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Butyronitrile or butanenitrile or propyl cyanide, is a nitrile with the formula C3H7CN. This colorless liquid is miscible with most polar organic solvents.


Uses

Butyronitrile is mainly used as a precursor to the poultry drug
amprolium Amprolium is the organic compound sold as a coccidiostat used in poultry. It has many International Nonproprietary Names. __TOC__ Uses in coccidiosis treatment in poultry The drug is a thiamine analogue and blocks the thiamine transporter of ''E ...
.Peter Pollak, Gérard Romeder, Ferdinand Hagedorn, Heinz-Peter Gelbke "Nitriles" ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'' 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. It also has recognized use in the synthesis of Etifelmine.


Synthesis

Butyronitrile is prepared industrially by the
ammoxidation In organic chemistry, ammoxidation is a process for the production of nitriles () using ammonia () and oxygen (). It is sometimes called the SOHIO process, acknowledging that ammoxidation was developed at Standard Oil of Ohio. The usual substrate ...
of ''n''-butanol: :C3H7CH2OH + NH3 + O2 → C3H7CN + 3 H2O


Occurrence in space

Butyronitrile has been detected in the
Large Molecule Heimat The Large Molecule Heimat is a dense gas cloud located in the molecular cloud Sagittarius B2. Many species of molecule, including aminoacetonitrile (a molecule related to glycine), ethyl formate, and butyronitrile Butyronitrile or butanenitril ...
.


References


External links


NIST Chemistry WebBook page for C4H7N


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