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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H5N
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
79.10
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-809-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
103233
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99%
Bp:
115 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
10 mmHg ( 13.2 °C), 20 mmHg ( 25 °C)
Quality Level
vapor density
2.72 (vs air)
vapor pressure
10 mmHg ( 13.2 °C), 20 mmHg ( 25 °C)
product line
ReagentPlus®
assay
≥99%
form
liquid
autoignition temp.
899 °F
expl. lim.
12.4 %
dilution
(for general lab use)
impurities
≤0.1% water (Karl Fischer)
refractive index
n20/D 1.509 (lit.)
pH
8.5 (25 °C, 15.82 g/L)
bp
115 °C (lit.)
mp
−42 °C (lit.)
density
0.978 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
C1=CN=CC=C1
InChI
1S/C5H5N/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-5H
InChI key
JUJWROOIHBZHMG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
Pyridine (Pyr) is a nitrogen-containing six-membered heterocyclic compound that is commonly used as a solvent in organic synthesis. It also has wide applications as a base, catalyst, and intermediate for synthesis.
Application
Pyridine can be used as a solvent:
- To synthesize glycophospholipids and phosphate diesters or phosphonate monoesters in the presence of trichloroacetonitrile as an activating reagent.
- In Knoevenagel condensation reactions.
- In the TEMPO-mediated radical polymerization of 3-vinylpyridine.
Legal Information
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Danger
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2
Storage Class
3 - Flammable liquids
wgk
WGK 2
flash_point_f
68.0 °F - closed cup
flash_point_c
20 °C - closed cup
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Total syntheses of complanadines A and B.
Le Zhao et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(6), 1722-1725 (2013-01-03)
Nathalie Ségaud et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 52(2), 691-700 (2013-01-11)
We report the synthesis, characterization, and solution chemistry of a series of new Fe(II) complexes based on the tetradentate ligand N-methyl-N,N'-bis(2-pyridyl-methyl)-1,2-diaminoethane or the pentadentate ones N,N',N'-tris(2-pyridyl-methyl)-1,2-diaminoethane and N,N',N'-tris(2-pyridyl-methyl)-1,3-diaminopropane, modified by propynyl or methoxyphenyltriazolyl groups on the amino functions. Six of
Bobby Happ et al.
Chemical Society reviews, 41(6), 2222-2255 (2011-11-15)
Pyridine-based ligands, such as 2,2'-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline, have gained much interest in the fields of supramolecular chemistry as well as materials science. The appealing optoelectronic properties of their complexes with heavy d(6) transition metal ions, such as Ru(ii), Os(II), Re(I)

