• commercially in racemic form from acrolein by conjugate addition of methanethiol followed by formation and hydrolysis of a cyanohydrin. it is used as a substitute...
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  • hydroxyacetonitrile or formaldehyde cyanohydrin, is the organic compound with the formula HOCH2CN. It is the simplest cyanohydrin and it is derived from formaldehyde...
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  • E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Acetone cyanohydrin Acetone thiosemicarbazide Acrolein Acrylamide Acrylonitrile Acryloyl chloride Adiponitrile...
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    annually. The word "acrylic" was coined in 1843, for a chemical derivative of acrolein, an acrid-smelling oil derived from glycerol. Acrylic acid is produced...
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    world's acetone is used as a solvent, and a quarter is consumed as acetone cyanohydrin, a precursor to methyl methacrylate. Acetone is a good solvent for many...
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  • interactions with a sulfhydryl compound, which leads to the formation of a cyanohydrin that could rearrange to an aldehyde and thereby can possibly result in...
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  • Propionitrile Aminopropionitrile Malononitrile Pivalonitrile Acetone cyanohydrin Related compounds DBNPA Supplementary data page Acetonitrile (data page)...
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    and for the electroplating of those metals. Via the intermediacy of cyanohydrins, a variety of useful organic compounds are prepared from HCN including...
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    Ethylene oxide easily reacts with hydrogen cyanide forming ethylene cyanohydrin: (CH2CH2)O + HCN → HO–CH2CH2–CN A slightly chilled (10–20 °C) aqueous...
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  • Propionitrile Aminopropionitrile Malononitrile Pivalonitrile Acetone cyanohydrin Related compounds DBNPA Except where otherwise noted, data are given...
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