Benzimidazole
CAS Registry Number®
51-17-2
CAS Name
BenzimidazoleMolecular Formula
C7H6N2Molecular Mass
118.14Cite this Page
Benzimidazole. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=51-17-2 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 51-17-2). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
>360 °CMelting Point (1)
170.5 °CDensity (2)
1.227 g/cm³
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) Vijayan, N.; Journal of Crystal Growth, (2004), 267(1-2), 218-222, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H6N2/c1-2-4-7-6(3-1)8-5-9-7/h1-5H,(H,8,9)
InChIKey
InChIKey=HYZJCKYKOHLVJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C1=2C(N=CN1)=CC=CC2
Canonical SMILES
N1=CNC=2C=CC=CC12
Other Names for this Substance
- 1H-Benzimidazole
- Benzimidazole
- 3-Azaindole
- Azindole
- o-Benzimidazole
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
116421-27-3, 25463-25-6, 79351-71-6