Molecule record

Heptadecanenitrile

C17H33N

251.50 g/mol

2D structure for Heptadecanenitrile

Molecular properties

Formula
C17H33N
Molar mass
251.50 g·mol−1
Exact mass
251.2613 Da
2
0
1
23.80 Ų
7.5 (PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptor)
CAS
5399-02-0
PubChem CID
79388

Interactions

Polarity
Polar functional group with nonpolar contribution from the carbon skeleton.
Acid-base behavior
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Intermolecular forces
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Functional groups

Nitrile

Physical properties

PropertyValueConditionsSource
Logp7.5PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptorPubChem(link only)

Common names and synonyms

  • 1-Cyanohexadecane
  • 226-432-1
  • 5399-02-0
  • AI3-07618
  • Cetyl cyanide
  • DTXCID208360
  • DTXSID90873467
  • EINECS 226-432-1
Show all 22 synonyms
  • Heptadecanedinitrile
  • Heptadecanoic acid nitrile
  • Heptadecanonitrile
  • Hexadecyl cyanide
  • MFCD00042635
  • Margaronitrile
  • NSC 3704
  • RefChem:145622
  • SCHEMBL4355188
  • SCHEMBL4756745
  • SCHEMBL60687
  • ZXPWFWWSCFIFII-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • heptadecannitril
  • n-Heptadecanonitrile

Structure identifiers

Canonical SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC#N
Isomeric SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC#N
InChI
InChI=1S/C17H33N/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18/h2-16H2,1H3
InChIKey
ZXPWFWWSCFIFII-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID
79388

Spectroscopy

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Simulated FTIR trace

Predicted FTIR / %T

4 cm-1 resolution / deterministic instrument profile

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Peak assignments

2250 cm−1C≡N nitrile (simulated)
2960 cm−1sp3 C-H (simulated)

Simulated NMR

On-demand educational prediction for Heptadecanenitrile; not experimental data.

Simulated EI mass spectrum

On-demand educational fragmentation for Heptadecanenitrile; not experimental data.

Sources

Molecule identity

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simulated IR

ChemForge original educational simulation.

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