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Reactivity Documentation

Nitriles

mixed with

Nitrides, Phosphides, Carbides, and Silicides

Summary

Details

Nitriles is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Nitriles mixed with
Nitrides, Phosphides, Carbides, and Silicides

Hazard Predictions

If the nitride is soluble in the nitrile compound, it can extract the alpha-hydrogen from the nitrile (i.e. hydrogen atoms on the carbon adjacent to the nitrile carbon atom) to form flammable ammonia gas. Some heat can be evolved (Rich, G. A., 1993, Dangerous Chemical Reactions, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX, p. 288).

Phosphides, carbides, and silicides are predicted to behave similarly to nitrides, therefore they are predicted to deprotonate nitriles, generating PH3, CH4, and SiH4, respectively. These products are flammable gases, and phosphine and silane are also toxic.

Potential Gas Byproducts