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Substance: acetonitrile					Other Names: ethanenitrile; methyl cyanide

Formula: CH3CN						CAS-No.: 75-05-8

Study: photolysis


Authors: M.E. Jacox

Title: Matrix isolation study of the vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of methyl cyanide: Vibrational and electronic spectra of the CNC free radical

Journal/Source: J. Mol. Spectroscopy, 71, 369-385, (1978); doi:10.1016/0022-2852(78)90091-7


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Temperature: 14 K

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Comments: Visible-ultraviolet spectra of CH3CN deposited in an argon matrix at 14 K with concurrent 1216 Å photolysis 
show prominent absorptions of CN and CNC and weak absorptions of CCN.

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