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Indole

CAS Registry Number®

120-72-9

CAS Name

Indole

Molecular Formula

C8H7N

Molecular Mass

117.15

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Indole.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=120-72-9 (retrieved 2024-12-24) (CAS RN: 120-72-9).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    128-133 °C @ Press: 28 Torr

  • Melting Point (1)

    52 °C

  • Density (1)

    1 x 10-6 g/cm³ @ Temp: 25 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H7N/c1-2-4-8-7(3-1)5-6-9-8/h1-6,9H

InChIKey

InChIKey=SIKJAQJRHWYJAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C1=2C(NC=C1)=CC=CC2

Canonical SMILES

C=1C=CC=2NC=CC2C1

Other Names for this Substance

  • 1H-Indole
  • Indole
  • 1-Azaindene
  • 1-Benzazole
  • 2,3-Benzopyrrole

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