Acetonitrile CAS 75-05-8 with detailed information

Acetonitrile is mainly used as solvent. For example, it can be used as solvent for butadiene extraction, solvent for synthetic fiber and solvent for some special coatings. Solvent used in petroleum industry to remove tar, phenol and other substances from petroleum hydrocarbons. It is used as solvent for extracting fatty acids from animal and vegetable oils in the oil industry, and as reaction medium for recrystallization of steroid drugs in medicine. When polar solvents with high dielectric constant Chemalbook number are needed, binary azeotropic mixtures formed by acetonitrile and water are often used: containing 84% acetonitrile, boiling point 76 ℃. Acetonitrile is an intermediate of medicine (vitamin B1) and spices, and is the raw material for manufacturing triazine nitrogen fertilizer synergist. It is also used as a denaturant for alcohol. In addition, it can also be used to synthesize ethylamine, acetic acid, etc., and has many uses in fabric dyeing and lighting industries.