Density 1.44 g/mL Appearance colourless liquid ChemSpider ID 13861934 Melting point -42 | Pubchem 24900271 Chemical formula C2Cl3N | |
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Trichloroacetonitrile is an organic compound with the formula CCl3CN. It is a colourless liquid, although commercial samples often are brownish. It is used commercially as a precursor to the fungicide etridiazole. It is prepared by dehydration of trichloroacetamide.
In academic research, trichloroacetonitrile is used as a reagent in the Overman rearrangement, converting allylic alcohols into allylic amines.
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