Question

Does acetonitrile react with Sodium metal?

Answer 1

Sodium is a strong reducer. You will get Cyanide and ethane.

2 CH3CN + 2 Na => 2 NaCN + C2H6.

Is acetonitrile a base or acid?

Comparable to alcohols in terms of their solvability, acetonitrile is a strongly polar solvent. It is a robust acceptor of hydrogen bonds, unlike alcohols, although it is not a giver of hydrogen bonds.

Although acetonitrile nitrogen is only moderately basic, it has the potential to be extremely nucleophilic, much like pyridine.

What kind of solvent is acetonitrile?

Acetonitrile is a nitrile that contains hydrogen cyanide with a methyl group in place of the hydrogen. It functions as an inhibitor as well as a polar aprotic solvent. It is a volatile organic chemical and an aliphatic nitrile.

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