2-Furonitrile

2-Furonitrile
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name Furan-2-carbonitrile
	Other names 2-Cyanofuran; 2-Furancarbonitrile; 2-Furyl cyanide
Identifiers
CAS Number	617-90-3 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	62458 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.009.581
PubChem CID	69245;
UNII	2LRK86H722 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID40210707 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C5H3NO/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-3H Key: YXDXXGXWFJCXEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C5H3NO/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-3H Key: YXDXXGXWFJCXEB-UHFFFAOYAE;
	SMILES N#Cc1occc1;
Properties
Chemical formula	C5H3NO
Molar mass	93.085 g·mol−1
Appearance	colorless (yellow if impure)
Density	1.0650 @20 °C
Boiling point	147 °C (297 °F; 420 K)
Hazards
Flash point	35 °C; 95 °F; 308 K
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

2-Furonitrile is a colorless derivative of furan possessing a nitrile group.

Synthesis

Industrial synthesis is based on the vapor phase ammoxidation of furfural with ammonia over bismuth molybdate catalyst at 440-480 °C.^[3]

Numerous laboratory methods also exist; for the instance oxidative dehydration of furfural with ammonia salts using hypervalent iodine reagents^[4] or n-bromosuccinimide.^[5] From furfural aldoxime (with thionyl chloride-benzotriazole,^[6] triphenylphosphine-iodine reagents,^[7] or heating in DMSO^[8]) and furoic acid amide (flash vacuum pyrolysis).^[9]

Applications

2-Furonitrile currently has no major applications but it is used as an intermediate in pharmaceutical and fine chemical synthesis. It has been suggested as a potential sweetening agent, as it has about 30 times the sweetening power of sucrose.^[10]

References

^ P. A. Pavlov; Kul'nevich, V. G. (1986). "Synthesis of 5-substituted furannitriles and their reaction with hydrazine". Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii. 2: 181–186.
^ Patrice Capdevielle; Lavigne, Andre; Maumy, Michel (1989). "Simple and efficient copper-catalyzed one-pot conversion of aldehydes into nitriles". Synthesis. 6 (6): 451–452. doi:10.1055/s-1989-27285. S2CID 97316774.
^ Thomas J. Jennings, "Process for preparing furonitrile", US Patent 3,260,731 (1966)
^ Chenjie Zhu; Sun, Chengguo; Wei, Yunyang (2010). "Direct oxidative conversion of alcohols, aldehydes and amines into nitriles using hypervalent iodine(III) reagent". Synthesis. 2010 (24): 4235–4241. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1258281.
^ Bandgar, B. P.; Makone, S. S. (2006). "Organic Reactions in Water: Transformation of Aldehydes to Nitriles using NBS under Mild Conditions". Synthetic Communications. 36 (10): 1347–1352. doi:10.1080/00397910500522009. ISSN 0039-7911. S2CID 98593006.
^ Sachin S. Chaudhari; Akamanchi, Krishnacharya G. (1999). "Thionyl chloride-benzotriazole: an efficient system for transformation of aldoximes to nitriles". Synthetic Communications. 29 (10): 1741–1745. doi:10.1080/00397919908086161.
^ A. Narsaiah; Sreenu, D.; Nagaiah, K. (2006). "Triphenylphosphine-iodine. An efficient reagent system for the synthesis of nitriles from aldoximes". Synthetic Communications. 36 (2): 137–140. doi:10.1080/00397910500333225.
^ Aspinall, Helen C.; Beckingham, Oliver; Farrar, Michael D.; Greeves, Nicholas; Thomas, Christopher D. (2011). "A general and convenient route to oxazolyl ligands". Tetrahedron Letters. 52 (40): 5120–5123. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.07.070. ISSN 0040-4039.
^ Jacqueline A. Campbell; McDougald, Graham; McNab, Hamish (2007). "Laboratory-scale synthesis of nitriles by catalyzed dehydration of amides and oximes under flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) conditions". Synthesis. 2007 (20): 3179–3184. doi:10.1055/s-2007-990782.
^ Thomas J. Jennings, "Process for preparing furonitrile", US Patent 3,260,731 (1966)

[1] P. A. Pavlov; Kul'nevich, V. G. (1986). "Synthesis of 5-substituted furannitriles and their reaction with hydrazine". Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii. 2: 181–186.

[2] Patrice Capdevielle; Lavigne, Andre; Maumy, Michel (1989). "Simple and efficient copper-catalyzed one-pot conversion of aldehydes into nitriles". Synthesis. 6 (6): 451–452. doi:10.1055/s-1989-27285. S2CID 97316774.

[3] Thomas J. Jennings, "Process for preparing furonitrile", US Patent 3,260,731 (1966)

[4] Chenjie Zhu; Sun, Chengguo; Wei, Yunyang (2010). "Direct oxidative conversion of alcohols, aldehydes and amines into nitriles using hypervalent iodine(III) reagent". Synthesis. 2010 (24): 4235–4241. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1258281.

[5] Bandgar, B. P.; Makone, S. S. (2006). "Organic Reactions in Water: Transformation of Aldehydes to Nitriles using NBS under Mild Conditions". Synthetic Communications. 36 (10): 1347–1352. doi:10.1080/00397910500522009. ISSN 0039-7911. S2CID 98593006.

[6] Sachin S. Chaudhari; Akamanchi, Krishnacharya G. (1999). "Thionyl chloride-benzotriazole: an efficient system for transformation of aldoximes to nitriles". Synthetic Communications. 29 (10): 1741–1745. doi:10.1080/00397919908086161.

[7] A. Narsaiah; Sreenu, D.; Nagaiah, K. (2006). "Triphenylphosphine-iodine. An efficient reagent system for the synthesis of nitriles from aldoximes". Synthetic Communications. 36 (2): 137–140. doi:10.1080/00397910500333225.

[8] Aspinall, Helen C.; Beckingham, Oliver; Farrar, Michael D.; Greeves, Nicholas; Thomas, Christopher D. (2011). "A general and convenient route to oxazolyl ligands". Tetrahedron Letters. 52 (40): 5120–5123. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.07.070. ISSN 0040-4039.

[9] Jacqueline A. Campbell; McDougald, Graham; McNab, Hamish (2007). "Laboratory-scale synthesis of nitriles by catalyzed dehydration of amides and oximes under flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) conditions". Synthesis. 2007 (20): 3179–3184. doi:10.1055/s-2007-990782.

[10] Thomas J. Jennings, "Process for preparing furonitrile", US Patent 3,260,731 (1966)

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